# \[APP\]\[Pro\] Netgear Router - Network control, Presence detection, Energy monitoring **URL:** \ **Category:** Apps\ **Tags:** app, router, netgear, homey-pro\ **Created:** [September 29, 2018, 9:06pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-netgear-router-network-control-presence-detection-energy-monitoring/2259 "2018-09-29T21:06:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 21
**Author:** ![Steven\_Bareman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/steven_bareman/32/31404_2.png) [@Steven\_Bareman](https://community.homey.app/u/Steven_Bareman)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2024, 5:22am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-netgear-router-network-control-presence-detection-energy-monitoring/2259/406 "2024-09-29T05:22:58Z")
Unfortunately, this test version also does not work with my Netgear router ☹ (See GitHub) ---
**Author:** ![Hilluk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/hilluk/32/16379_2.png) [@Hilluk](https://community.homey.app/u/Hilluk)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2025, 1:51pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-netgear-router-network-control-presence-detection-energy-monitoring/2259/407 "2025-02-11T13:51:16Z")
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**Author:** ![Wouter\_Rijkhoff](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/wouter_rijkhoff/32/56863_2.png) [@Wouter\_Rijkhoff](https://community.homey.app/u/Wouter_Rijkhoff)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2025, 10:04am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-netgear-router-network-control-presence-detection-energy-monitoring/2259/408 "2025-02-17T10:04:01Z")
Hello, i see the RB850 router and have al the flow cards, except the internet online/offline card. What am i missing? The alert is there in the plug-in it is red, but no card, so need to use other plug-in to do the internet check. Strange. ![IMG_2518](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/6/7/67deb31735830b96abfb95f0c9e8f94450be8080.jpeg) ![IMG_2517](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/3/5/352dc8cf95a9567cc39fe93301f9c086b80cee7b.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Gruijter](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/gruijter/32/1973_2.png) [@Gruijter](https://community.homey.app/u/Gruijter)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2025, 10:48am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-netgear-router-network-control-presence-detection-energy-monitoring/2259/409 "2025-02-17T10:48:41Z")
You can check e.g. every minute and use a logic AND card to see if internet is on/off. Athom changed the Homey firmware so that is why the triggers went missing. ---
**Author:** ![Wouter\_Rijkhoff](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/wouter_rijkhoff/32/56863_2.png) [@Wouter\_Rijkhoff](https://community.homey.app/u/Wouter_Rijkhoff)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2025, 9:43pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-netgear-router-network-control-presence-detection-energy-monitoring/2259/410 "2025-02-17T21:43:58Z")
Ah ok. I used the other network control app to do the check and user netgear app to do the router restart and that works 👍 ---
**Author:** ![Rogier\_Verheugen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/rogier_verheugen/32/77406_2.png) [@Rogier\_Verheugen](https://community.homey.app/u/Rogier_Verheugen)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2025, 9:09am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-netgear-router-network-control-presence-detection-energy-monitoring/2259/411 "2025-05-25T09:09:04Z")
Hi @Gruijter I have a question. I tried to read the whole topic and I hope I didn’t miss the answer on my question. Does the API of the netgear router shows to which satellite a phone is connected to. I have a 3 story house. 1 router in the livingroom. 3 satellites. If my son, who has his bedroom on the top floor comes down for e.g. dinner I want his lights to go off as soon as his phone switches from satellite no. 3 to the main router. ![1000018096](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/c/3/c30d9742077ce82a9edcd1bef59ef8b0e6a605ea.jpeg) ![1000018095](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/7/c/7c984a6d332fb8cec93185836a8e557be2594b9e.jpeg) Of course I could kick his butt every time he forgets but he is taller then me and he works out.😅 Thanks in advance Rogier ---
**Author:** ![Gruijter](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/gruijter/32/1973_2.png) [@Gruijter](https://community.homey.app/u/Gruijter)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2025, 9:13am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-netgear-router-network-control-presence-detection-energy-monitoring/2259/412 "2025-05-25T09:13:43Z")
> [@Rogier\_Verheugen](#): > > Does the API of the netgear router shows to which satellite a phone is connected to. Dont think so. Did you try? ---
**Author:** ![Rogier\_Verheugen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/rogier_verheugen/32/77406_2.png) [@Rogier\_Verheugen](https://community.homey.app/u/Rogier_Verheugen)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2025, 9:53am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-netgear-router-network-control-presence-detection-energy-monitoring/2259/413 "2025-05-25T09:53:30Z")
I see that the phone switches from the satellte 3 to the main router. But I can’t select a card in a flow. Is this something you can investigate? ---
**Author:** ![Gruijter](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/gruijter/32/1973_2.png) [@Gruijter](https://community.homey.app/u/Gruijter)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2025, 11:08am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-netgear-router-network-control-presence-detection-energy-monitoring/2259/414 "2025-05-25T11:08:44Z")
> [@Rogier\_Verheugen](#): > > switches from the satellte 3 to the main router. But I can’t select a card in a flow You could probably use a logic AND card to check where it is connected, and trigger the flow e.g. every 5 seconds. ---
**Author:** ![Rogier\_Verheugen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/rogier_verheugen/32/77406_2.png) [@Rogier\_Verheugen](https://community.homey.app/u/Rogier_Verheugen)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2025, 11:29am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-netgear-router-network-control-presence-detection-energy-monitoring/2259/415 "2025-05-25T11:29:08Z")
I’m affraid there isn’t a logic card for it. Thanks anyway ---
**Author:** ![Gruijter](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/gruijter/32/1973_2.png) [@Gruijter](https://community.homey.app/u/Gruijter)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2025, 11:37am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-netgear-router-network-control-presence-detection-energy-monitoring/2259/416 "2025-05-25T11:37:49Z")
![1000007067](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/c/c/cc5f90405850b634be8b9f6da79492755a2f2fff.jpeg) Is the SSID not changing? ---
**Author:** ![Rogier\_Verheugen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/rogier_verheugen/32/77406_2.png) [@Rogier\_Verheugen](https://community.homey.app/u/Rogier_Verheugen)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2025, 11:41am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-netgear-router-network-control-presence-detection-energy-monitoring/2259/417 "2025-05-25T11:41:49Z")
That’s the idea of a mesh network. Everywhere the same SSID. ---
**Author:** ![Gruijter](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/gruijter/32/1973_2.png) [@Gruijter](https://community.homey.app/u/Gruijter)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2025, 11:44am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-netgear-router-network-control-presence-detection-energy-monitoring/2259/418 "2025-05-25T11:44:21Z")
So how can you tell in Homey that it connected to another sattelite? ---
**Author:** ![Rogier\_Verheugen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/rogier_verheugen/32/77406_2.png) [@Rogier\_Verheugen](https://community.homey.app/u/Rogier_Verheugen)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2025, 11:51am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-netgear-router-network-control-presence-detection-energy-monitoring/2259/419 "2025-05-25T11:51:58Z")
That’s my point. See post 405. The 2 screenshots. The same phone is first connected to the Sat3. I walk from the attic to the livingroom. My phone is disconnected from the Sat3 (attic) and connected to the main router (livingroom). So the netgear is seeing / making the change. My question is how I can use this in a flow. I appreciate you are thinking with me. Thanks Rogier ---
**Author:** ![Gruijter](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/gruijter/32/1973_2.png) [@Gruijter](https://community.homey.app/u/Gruijter)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2025, 11:56am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-netgear-router-network-control-presence-detection-energy-monitoring/2259/420 "2025-05-25T11:56:06Z")
> [@Rogier\_Verheugen](#): > > So the netgear is seeing / making the change. But doesnt make it available through the api that Homey is using. Maybe you can do something with connection speed or signal strength. No other options from my side Im affraid. ---
**Author:** ![Kaoh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/kaoh/32/9283_2.png) [@Kaoh](https://community.homey.app/u/Kaoh)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2025, 12:05pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-netgear-router-network-control-presence-detection-energy-monitoring/2259/421 "2025-05-25T12:05:04Z")
Those screenshots are from the orbi management app, you can see it there. Nice use case, I have the same need now 🤣. I also have a orbi system for my 4 floor house ---
**Author:** ![Gruijter](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/gruijter/32/1973_2.png) [@Gruijter](https://community.homey.app/u/Gruijter)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2025, 1:27pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-netgear-router-network-control-presence-detection-energy-monitoring/2259/422 "2025-05-25T13:27:05Z")
You both could try to do a compatibility test from the app settings and upload that to github or DM me the output. I can have a look if the info is hidden somewhere in the api output. ---
**Author:** ![Twan\_Veugelers](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/twan_veugelers/32/129333_2.png) [@Twan\_Veugelers](https://community.homey.app/u/Twan_Veugelers)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 5:51pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-netgear-router-network-control-presence-detection-energy-monitoring/2259/423 "2025-07-30T17:51:02Z")
@Gruijter Hi. The app has a card for “if the IP address of the device has changed”. That is excellent, but I’m missing 2 things now. 1. Which IP adress is this? The one it gets from my modem? Or the one that my computer sees as gateway? 2. Is it possible to get a “and the IP address is [field]” card? My use case. Since today I have a new Modem from Odido. This defaults to the exact same IP address as my Netgear Router. (192.168.1.1) I have now set the Odido Modem to 192.168.2.1 so that works. But the major issue is, that according to the Odido mechanic that installed it, that at a major update the Modem will return to the default IP address. When that happens, the Netgear router changes to 10.0.0.1, which causes major issues, as you can imagine. So when this happens I want to be warned by Homey. But I’m not sure if only having the mentioned ‘If’ card will be sufficient. Any thoughts? ---
**Author:** ![Gruijter](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/gruijter/32/1973_2.png) [@Gruijter](https://community.homey.app/u/Gruijter)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2026, 3:51pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-netgear-router-network-control-presence-detection-energy-monitoring/2259/424 "2026-01-14T15:51:18Z")
For everybody using the Netgear app: This app will not be actively maintained, since I installed OpenWRT firmware on my Netgear Router. I created a new Homey app that will work with OpenWRT: [[NEW][APP][PRO] OpenWRT Router - Presence Detection - TESTERS NEEDED](https://community.homey.app/t/149260) ---
**Author:** ![Gruijter](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/gruijter/32/1973_2.png) [@Gruijter](https://community.homey.app/u/Gruijter)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2026, 12:31pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-netgear-router-network-control-presence-detection-energy-monitoring/2259/425 "2026-08-13T12:31:43Z")
Even though I do not use Netgear firmware anymore myself, I did a major rewrite of the Netgear app. Since I have no unit to test against there might be bugs. 😬 So please test version 5.0.0: [Netgear Router | Homey](https://homey.app/a/com.gruijter.netgear/test/) - Full app rewrite for stability and maintanability - Many fixes - Full translation done - Homey compatibility \>=fw12.9.0 - Netgear.js@5.0.0 If you find any issues send an app diagnostrics report. [Previous page](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-netgear-router-network-control-presence-detection-energy-monitoring/2259.md?page=20) [Next page](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-netgear-router-network-control-presence-detection-energy-monitoring/2259.md?page=22)