FritzBox TR064 Binding - detect clients in Guest WLAN

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#1

Hello,

I would like to be able to detect presence of clients in my Guest Network, so the House will greet friends :wink:
Network health will obviously not work, so I thought maybe this binding could do the trick. Could someone with this binding working confirm or deny if this is possible?
Many thanks in advance,
Regards,
-OLI

#2

It is not possible as far as I know: instead of known ip adresses (network health binding) you need to provide known mac addresses for presence detection with the tr064 binding.

#3

Well I do know the mac adresses - the Admin GUI for fritzbox does show them for clients in the Guest LAN.
So the question remains if you can query them via the bindingā€¦

#4

Sure you can:
Contact cFboxMacOnline "Presence (WiFi) [%s]" {fritzboxtr064="maconline:11-11-11-11-11-11" }

But you need to know all mac adresses from your friends in advance ā€¦

#5

I checked that in advance and hoped for a yes/no answer as the wiki doesnā€™t clearly state if it reports both ā€œinternalā€ and guest network :wink: . I admit Iā€™m a lazy fellow and wanted to avoid doing the work and finding out it doesnā€™t work afterwardsā€¦

#6

Take your own phone, connect to the guest wifi and check it out ā€¦:sunglasses:

#7

If it was only thatā€¦install binding, configure router, set up items - for a 50 % chance itā€™ll work. And Iā€™m such a lazy bā€¦eing :wink:
On the other handā€¦the long nights are coming so if nobody else will chip in with a yay or nay Iā€™ll just give it a try. Iā€™ll report back then - whenever that may be :smile:

#8

Better late then never. As promised I report back that yes indeed using the FritzboxTR064 Binding you can detect presence on your guest WiFi.
This will freak my guests out if the house greets them with ā€œHello Name. It has been soandsomany days since you have visited meā€ :wink:

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