true heron
What is the best way to track if device is in network? In my case I want to know if MAC address has IP 192.168.1.* or other (VPN) to determine if I am in home or not.
I want to use integration / template / script / YAML configuration or whatever, but it needs to be simple. If I need to do some crazy stuff to make it work I will not do it.
cloud wedge
What is the best way to track if device is in network? In my case I want to know...
Simplest way is to have a router that has a HA integration, like a FritzBox. If you set them up with HA, they'll automatically tell HA about devices leaving/entering and you can use that for automations
a device that "phones in" via VPN will use a different MAC address than if it connects via LAN (similarly it'll use a different one connecting via wifi vs ethernet) so you can't really use a MAC as a 1-to-1 identifier for a device
cloud wedge
If the device is an android/ios device, you could just install the HA companion app btw
true heron
I want to save energy and be 100% sure device is outside home vs didn't send update for some reason while is outside home
nothing give better confidence, than ping in LAN
especially because iphone ask from time to time if keep HA keep location requesting and someone can click "no" by incident
etc.
yeah router could do it, but I want something as simple as ping
I will probably use static IPs for mobile devices then if pinging with ARP by mac address is not easy