Nmap Basics: A Beginner's Tutorial to Scanning Your Own Network Legally
Nmap is a free, open-source network scanner that shows which devices are on a network and which ports and services they have open. Beginners should start with nmap -sn 192.168.1.0/24 to list devices on their own home network, then nmap 192.168.1.1 to check a single device.