FindDevice is a basic .NET command line tool you can use to look for devices on your local network or even link-local devices (such as devices that support USBNCM). It uses DNS Service Discovery (DNS-SD) to look for devices that advertise the given service. By default, it looks for devices running Factory Orchestrator (_factorch._tcp.local) but can be configured to look for any DNS-SD service, such as Windows Device Portal (_wdp.tcp.local).
FindDevice makes it easy to discover devices running a specified program/service, so that they can be then interacted with remotely.
The GitHub releases page has the latest builds for both Windows and Linux. Simply download and unzip your desired build and run FindDevice!
You likely will need to edit your firewall rules to allow FindDevice to work properly. It relies on inbound connections to UDP port 5353.
FindDevice [options]
Options:
| Option | Details | Default value |
|---|---|---|
| --link-local-only | Only look for link-local devices, such as UsbNCM devices | false |
| --display-hostname | Display the device hostname | true |
| --display-ipv4 | Display the device IPv4 address(es) | true |
| --display-ipv6 | Display the device IPv6 address(es) | false |
| --display-port | Display the port the service is discovered on | false |
| --timeout | The amount of time in milliseconds to wait for responses (use greater than 2000ms for WiFi), after which the program exits. | Infinite |
| --query-interval | The amount of time in milliseconds to wait between queries | 1000ms |
| --service | The DNS-SD service string used for discovery | _factorch._tcp.local |
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