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title: "Discovery Overview"
canonical: "https://docs.infoblox.com/space/InfobloxDiscoveryBestPractices/16089128/Discovery%20Overview"
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Network Insight discovers new devices on the network based on the following sources:

- [Active polling](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/InfobloxDiscoveryBestPractices/pages/16089109)
- [Data collection](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/InfobloxDiscoveryBestPractices/pages/16089097)