Posted February 20, 201312 yr I found an interesting use w/ the Ping notification (with help of another in the forum) feature of PC Monitor. Â I am currently using it to monitor the "ON/OFF" status of my WDTVs, net connected TVs and android phones in my wifi network. Â I basically setup my wifi router to assign monitored devices with specific IP based on individual MAC address. Â It is easier to deal w/ IPs than the resolved network name since not all devices can resolve to a name on the network. Â After that, you can setup these IPs in the Ping notification entries in PC Monitor and assign them appropriate alias such as "Living Room TV" etc. Â You will then get notification when these devices go online and offline. Â WIth the same approach, you can setup your kid's phone / laptop the same way and monitor them via pinging. Â Most kids these days are tied to their phones so their phone's ON/OFF ping status would tell you whether they are home or not. Â Â Just thought I would share. Â http://forum.pulseway.com/topic/705-notify-when-a-new-device-is-connected-to-the-wifi-network/ Â
February 20, 201312 yr Administrators Cool idea you got. I like the way you setup static IPs via the router's DHCP Static IP via MAC addresses. Kudos on the idea.
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