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The haneWIN LLDP Agent is a Windows-based implementation of the IEEE 802.1AB Link Layer Discovery Protocol, designed to reveal the physical topology of 802 LAN environments by continuously discovering and cataloguing adjacent stations; collected neighbour information is stored in a standard LLDP Management Information Base that can be queried by any SNMP-capable network management system, giving administrators an accurate, vendor-independent view of switch-port assignments, VLAN memberships and device capabilities across routed and switched infrastructures. Version 1.4.31.3, the program’s first public release, runs as an unattended Windows service on XP through Windows 11, exposing a Control Panel applet for on-demand status checks and neighbour tables while integrating with the operating-system SNMP agent through a dedicated LLDP MIB sub-agent, thereby eliminating the need for proprietary consoles. Since v1.3 the agent can also interpret and forward Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) frames, so mixed-vendor networks that contain both LLDP- and CDP-speaking equipment can be mapped from a single probe, a feature frequently used when documenting uplinks between Cisco switches and Windows servers or when verifying voice-VLAN configurations on IP-phones. Typical deployments include data-centre asset inventory, VoIP readiness assessments, security audits that require switch-port traceability, and automated documentation scripts that combine LLDP data with DHCP logs. The software is available for free on get.nero.com, with downloads provided via trusted Windows package sources such as winget, always delivering the latest version and supporting batch installation of multiple applications.
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