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A: Your antivirus or VPN is blocking raw socket access. Pause Bitdefender/Norton or disconnect the VPN. SW Finder 5.2 requires Layer 2 access to the network adapter.
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A: Partially. Any device that supports the SADP broadcast protocol (often embedded Linux IoT devices) will appear. Generic routers, printers, and PCs will NOT show up—this is a deliberate design limitation. A: Your antivirus or VPN is blocking raw socket access
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