Wireless Tracking
Gain visibility into all wireless entities within your network
Find wired and wireless endpoint devices on your network
When speed counts, locate endpoint devices on your network quickly and easily. Search for wireless and wired endpoint devices by IP address, MAC address, or device vendor. Furthermore, if the device authenticates with Microsoft Active Directory, you can search by username and hostname. SolarWinds® User Device Tracker (UDT) reports which wireless access point, network switch, and switch port the endpoint device is connected to.
Monitor switch ports and wireless access points
In addition to quickly locating wireless and wired endpoint devices, User Device Tracker monitors wireless access points and network switches and switch ports. This will help you actively identify faults and performance problems, manage utilization, and plan for additional capacity. For example, User Device Tracker can display—via a single console—switch port utilization over time, the number of available ports, the number of wireless devices connected to a wireless access point, and more.
Effectively track wired and wireless endpoint devices
Block rogue devices and remotely shut down infiltrated ports
Keep unwanted and malicious entities out of your network. UDT enhances endpoint tracking, allowing you to send connection-related traps to its server to rapidly identify white-listed endpoints before they cause harm. Set up real-time alerts to keep you posted on unauthorized devices when they connect to your network. In just a few clicks, you can remotely shut down a network device port to safely resolve breaches before they cause network-wide disruption.
Analyze wireless access point details for device transparency
Comprehensive wireless tracking requires end-to-end device visibility. UDT tabulates wireless access point details for organized, real-time insight into all connected devices within your network. View device status, associated IP addresses, service set identifiers (SSIDs), current endpoint connections, and more on a centralized window pane for a complete understanding of the devices your network depends on.
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To get started with wireless device tracking, you’ll need to create a network endpoint database. If you’re starting from scratch, use the SolarWinds Platform Discovery Wizard to enable the devices you want to monitor for SNMP and enable Windows devices for WMI. We recommend starting with a limited number of endpoints for the first discovery scan to make it easier to filter through devices you’ll want UDT to monitor automatically. To initiate a discovery scan and start your inventory database, follow these steps:
- Click Settings > Network Discovery > Add New Discovery > Start.
- Go to the Network panel and add a limited number of IP addresses. After your first scan, filter through devices using IP ranges, subnets, IP addresses, and Active Directory.
- To find ESX hosts and VMware vCenter, go to the Virtualization panel and check Poll for VMware, then Add vCenter or ESX Credential. Select <new credential> and input the prompted information.
- The Agents panel may appear if you opted for the Quality of Experience (QoE) agent while installing the SolarWinds Platform. If you’d like packet-level traffic monitoring, configure your agent settings here.
- On the Configuration panel, you can add SSH or Telnet credentials to perform backup and restoration processes.
- On the SNMP and Windows panels, add new credentials for WMI, RPC-enabled, and non-Windows devices.
- Select the manual setup option on the Monitoring Settings panel to review the list of found endpoints and choose the specific devices you want to monitor.
- To launch the discovery process, go to the Discovery Settings pane, click Next, and accept the default frequency.
If you already have another SolarWinds solution installed with a customized node database, simply go to Settings in UDT > All Settings > Manage Ports > Show Nodes. Filter to UDT Unmonitored Nodes, choose what nodes you want to track, and select Monitor Node with UDT to integrate your existing database.
To get started with wireless device tracking, you’ll need to create a network endpoint database. If you’re starting from scratch, use the SolarWinds Platform Discovery Wizard to enable the devices you want to monitor for SNMP and enable Windows devices for WMI. We recommend starting with a limited number of endpoints for the first discovery scan to make it easier to filter through devices you’ll want UDT to monitor automatically. To initiate a discovery scan and start your inventory database, follow these steps:
- Click Settings > Network Discovery > Add New Discovery > Start.
- Go to the Network panel and add a limited number of IP addresses. After your first scan, filter through devices using IP ranges, subnets, IP addresses, and Active Directory.
- To find ESX hosts and VMware vCenter, go to the Virtualization panel and check Poll for VMware, then Add vCenter or ESX Credential. Select <new credential> and input the prompted information.
- The Agents panel may appear if you opted for the Quality of Experience (QoE) agent while installing the SolarWinds Platform. If you’d like packet-level traffic monitoring, configure your agent settings here.
- On the Configuration panel, you can add SSH or Telnet credentials to perform backup and restoration processes.
- On the SNMP and Windows panels, add new credentials for WMI, RPC-enabled, and non-Windows devices.
- Select the manual setup option on the Monitoring Settings panel to review the list of found endpoints and choose the specific devices you want to monitor.
- To launch the discovery process, go to the Discovery Settings pane, click Next, and accept the default frequency.
If you already have another SolarWinds solution installed with a customized node database, simply go to Settings in UDT > All Settings > Manage Ports > Show Nodes. Filter to UDT Unmonitored Nodes, choose what nodes you want to track, and select Monitor Node with UDT to integrate your existing database.
Monitor wireless access points and endpoint devices
User Device Tracker
Quickly locate wireless endpoint devices on your network
Monitor wireless access points for faults, performance, and utilization
Maintain a comprehensive data log for all endpoint activity
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