# Device Discovery - EOL

## **What**

This is a notice that as of FileWave v14.9.0 that Device Discovery is deprecated.

## **When/Why**

This tool was never effective in production environments, has hardly ever been used, and is easily replaced by any off-the-shelf network scanning tool like [Angry IP Scanner](https://angryip.org/).

## **How**

FileWave v14.9.0 was released in November 2022 and the function is removed in v15.0.