--- title: Scan Your Home Network for Hidden Devices in 2026 description: A practical walkthrough on scanning your home network to discover all connected devices and their open ports using Nmap/Zenmap and Angry IP Scanner. Covers how... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/scan-your-home-network-for-hidden-devices-in-2026-ksbpukyb5 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Scan Your Home Network for Hidden Devices in 2026 | daily.dev og:description: A practical walkthrough on scanning your home network to discover all connected devices and their open ports using Nmap/Zenmap and Angry IP Scanner. Covers how... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/scan-your-home-network-for-hidden-devices-in-2026-ksbpukyb5 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/kSbPUKyB5.png og:image:alt: Scan Your Home Network for Hidden Devices in 2026 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Scan Your Home Network for Hidden Devices in 2026 **[David Bombal](https://daily.dev/sources/davidbombal)** · 30 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A practical walkthrough on scanning your home network to discover all connected devices and their open ports using Nmap/Zenmap and Angry IP Scanner. Covers how to identify suspicious devices like hidden IP cameras (via RTSP on port 554), detect rogue Kali Linux Raspberry Pi nodes, and interact with discovered devices such as smart bulbs via Telnet and Python scripts. Also demonstrates using a phone's camera to detect infrared light from hidden cameras. Includes a ProtonVPN sponsorship segment on ad-blocking and privacy. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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