Scan for connected devices in same Wifi

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  1. capstan

    capstan Member

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    Hi,

    a great feature would be getting a list of connected devices (IP/Mac) within the same Wifi as the phone.

    Apps like "Fing" can display this information, so it should be possible without root. Sadly I didn't find an app that can send this information to tasker.

    Why I want this:
    I want to make a task to turn off all lights, when nobody is at home. I could do this via geofencing with the Hue app, but it draines a lot of battery on the older iPhone of my gf. (Also no Tasker on her phone to send a message if she disconnects from home Wifi)

    Do what I want to do is: have an old Huawei P7 scanning the network every x minutes and if none of the two phones (MAC-Adresses) is connected, turn off the lights. (This also would turn them off at night)

    So any possibility of adding this to one of the apps?
     
  2. joaomgcd

    joaomgcd Administrator Staff Member

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    Can you please let me know how long it takes Fing to find other devices on your network in average? thanks!
     
  3. capstan

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    around 3 sec to get all devices, around 10 to get the names, too.

    But when trying this I just noticed that the iPhone disconnects from wifi everytime the screen goes off; googling says that there's no way of changing this on iOS.
    I really hate, she's using this "we know best what you need and won't give you a choice"-OS. (It's my third idea on how to track the home state that's not working because of iOS)

    So maybe it's nice for others I imagine, but probably I won't be able to use it....
     
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  4. joaomgcd

    joaomgcd Administrator Staff Member

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    I see. Thanks for the feedback.
     
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