# \[APP\]\[Pro\] 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:** 8
**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:** [September 5, 2019, 4:46am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-netgear-router-network-control-presence-detection-energy-monitoring/2259/143 "2019-09-05T04:46:01Z")
I started giving them the same ssid, but I ran into problems with some devices not coping well with the handover when roaming between cells. So now I have 3 ssid’s. As long as you do not roam while using streaming content (VoIP or video) it works great. Edit: almost forgot. On the netgears I enabled smart connect, so actually they each have the same ssid on two bands (2.4 and 5G). The Netgear will try to attach a device first on 5G, if the device supports that. ---
**Author:** ![Eternity](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/eternity/32/102113_2.png) [@Eternity](https://community.homey.app/u/Eternity)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2019, 6:12am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-netgear-router-network-control-presence-detection-energy-monitoring/2259/144 "2019-09-05T06:12:31Z")
Thanks for the answer @Gruijter I have one Netgear and two TP-Link routers. I have my Netgear set to Smart Connect, so the 2.4 and 5 bands have the same SSID. The AP’s also have the same SSID. I have a feeling that mobile phones have difficulties moving between the 3 routers. So I was curious how you ste it up. ---
**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:** [September 5, 2019, 6:32am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-netgear-router-network-control-presence-detection-energy-monitoring/2259/145 "2019-09-05T06:32:45Z")
And you did setup one running in router mode, and the other two in ap mode? (Normally you do not want 3 routers in a home network) ---
**Author:** ![Eternity](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/eternity/32/102113_2.png) [@Eternity](https://community.homey.app/u/Eternity)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2019, 10:12am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-netgear-router-network-control-presence-detection-energy-monitoring/2259/146 "2019-09-05T10:12:34Z")
> [@Gruijter](#): > > And you did setup one running in router mode, and the other two in ap mode? Yes! I checked again (one is actually an ASUS, the other a TP-Link). The Asus (model RT-AC68U) has a dedicated AP-mode. That was simple. The TP-Link (model TL-WR1043ND) does not have an AP-mode, but I configured it with a static IP, switched DHCP and NAT off and set the SSID to the same as the ‘real router’, my Netgear R7000. ---
**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:** [September 14, 2019, 3:12pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-netgear-router-network-control-presence-detection-energy-monitoring/2259/148 "2019-09-14T15:12:35Z")
Untill now I have been trying to keep the Netgear app compatible with Homey V1. But I’m working on some functional extensions, and it is hard to maintain compatibility with legacy Homey firmware. Are any of you still using Homey V1? If so I would like to know why you haven’t upgraded yet to V2. And let me know if it is going to be a problem for you if the netgear app only supports V2 and higher Homey firmware. ---
**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:** [September 19, 2019, 6:23pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-netgear-router-network-control-presence-detection-energy-monitoring/2259/149 "2019-09-19T18:23:53Z")
> [@Let homey always know when the TV is on or off](https://community.homey.app/t/let-homey-always-know-when-the-tv-is-on-or-off/18300/6): > > The response time depends on the quality of your home wifi, and maybe the exact router type. With a very good coverage you can set the away-delay to a much shorter period compared to a home with bad wifi. I have a r7800 as main router, and a r7000 on 2nd floor as additional access point. I am however using a secret new version of the netgear app (zipper_mouth_face ) that allows to set this delay time per device, in stead of one general setting. Because my tv is connected by wire I can set the… Nice use case for the netgear app: see if your tv is on. Im working on a major new release with AMAZING new functionality. Hint: it is related to Homey V3 😘 ---
**Author:** ![Fabien\_Schmitz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/fabien_schmitz/32/8472_2.png) [@Fabien\_Schmitz](https://community.homey.app/u/Fabien_Schmitz)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2019, 12:24pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-netgear-router-network-control-presence-detection-energy-monitoring/2259/150 "2019-10-07T12:24:34Z")
Hi Robin, I’ve been using your Netgear app in combination with a R7000 for some time now and since one of the latest updates which was around the same time as a firmware update (which resulted in a stable wifi 🥳) of the R7000 the presence detection does not work properly anymore. and now i decided to take a better look into the problem. It only communicates one device with homey and not the rest. the other functions such as traffic and connected devices do seem to show the correct data. a part of the log which does not seem correct to me 🙂 2019-10-07 08:01:52 [log] [ManagerDrivers] [netgear] [0] login succsesfull @ driver 2019-10-07 08:00:12 [err] [ManagerDrivers] [netgear] [0] updateRouterDeviceState error: Not logged in 2019-10-07 08:00:12 [log] [ManagerDrivers] [netgear] [0] “\r\n\r\n\r\n 401\r\n\r\n\r\n” 2019-10-07 08:00:12 [log] [ManagerDrivers] [netgear] [0] last repsonse from router: 2019-10-07 07:48:33 [log] [ManagerDrivers] [netgear] [0] Offline: 30:4A:26:1C:A8:92 DEV-1C:A8:92 2019-10-07 07:00:09 [log] [ManagerDrivers] [netgear] [0] login succsesfull @ driver 2019-10-07 06:58:28 [err] [ManagerDrivers] [netgear] [0] updateRouterDeviceState error: Not logged in 2019-10-07 06:58:28 [log] [ManagerDrivers] [netgear] [0] “\r\n\r\n\r\n 401\r\n\r\n\r\n” 2019-10-07 06:58:28 [log] [ManagerDrivers] [netgear] [0] last repsonse from router: 2019-10-07 06:41:49 [log] [ManagerDrivers] [netgear] [0] Online: 30:4A:26:1C:A8:92 DEV-1C:A8:92 192.168.1.101 2019-10-07 06:21:52 [log] [ManagerDrivers] [netgear] [0] error getting traffic meter info 2019-10-07 05:58:25 [log] [ManagerDrivers] [netgear] [0] login succsesfull @ driver 2019-10-07 05:56:45 [err] [ManagerDrivers] [netgear] [0] updateRouterDeviceState error: Not logged in 2019-10-07 05:56:45 [log] [ManagerDrivers] [netgear] [0] “\r\n\r\n\r\n 401\r\n\r\n\r\n” 2019-10-07 05:56:45 [log] [ManagerDrivers] [netgear] [0] last repsonse from router: 2019-10-07 05:48:26 [log] [ManagerDrivers] [netgear] [0] Offline: 30:4A:26:1C:A8:92 DEV-1C:A8:92 last week it looked like the log was showing other devices going on and off line but the connected flows do not trigger (setting home away etc). I tried removing the r7000 and adding it again but that did not fix it… I also tried setting the port from 5000 to 443 but that resulted i no data at all. the time out is of devices is on 250 seconds and the polling interval is 100secs firmware version according to the app V1.0.9.88 smart agent 3.0 . can you help me with this? ---
**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:** [October 7, 2019, 12:37pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-netgear-router-network-control-presence-detection-energy-monitoring/2259/151 "2019-10-07T12:37:08Z")
hi Fabien, the netgears routers sometimes go into a weird state that can only be resolved with a ptp (power cycle) of the router itself. Did you already try that? On another note: Behind the scenes I have been completely rewriting the Homey Netgear app. It brings an important new feature: a separate Homey device per device attached to your network. So phones can be added individually, and the presence detection can be much better optimised per device. It will also bring a very nice new function related to Homey V3 (I can tell more once Homey V3 is released) ---
**Author:** ![Fabien\_Schmitz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/fabien_schmitz/32/8472_2.png) [@Fabien\_Schmitz](https://community.homey.app/u/Fabien_Schmitz)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2019, 12:58pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-netgear-router-network-control-presence-detection-energy-monitoring/2259/152 "2019-10-07T12:58:48Z")
I thought i tried it, but i’ll try that when i get home. i’ll let you know! And the behind the scenes note makes me and probably others curious 🙂 , can you (are you allowed to) give an estimate on the homey V3 release? ---
**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:** [October 7, 2019, 1:14pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-netgear-router-network-control-presence-detection-energy-monitoring/2259/153 "2019-10-07T13:14:15Z")
🔜😂 ---
**Author:** ![Fabien\_Schmitz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/fabien_schmitz/32/8472_2.png) [@Fabien\_Schmitz](https://community.homey.app/u/Fabien_Schmitz)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2019, 6:46pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-netgear-router-network-control-presence-detection-energy-monitoring/2259/154 "2019-10-07T18:46:02Z")
I tried rebooting and it seemed to work for a bit With reporting device online offline but now the logs show the same 401 and other errors and the online offline feature does not work . ---
**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:** [October 7, 2019, 7:01pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-netgear-router-network-control-presence-detection-energy-monitoring/2259/155 "2019-10-07T19:01:08Z")
It does look like a bug in the router firmware, since after ptp it works for a short while. But if you create an issue on github, and include the test result from the compatibility test there, I can investigate some more. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2019, 7:53pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-netgear-router-network-control-presence-detection-energy-monitoring/2259/156 "2019-10-12T19:53:38Z")
Breaking news: A major app update is coming really 🔜 ![2019-10-12%20(5)](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/2/7/272a60fb4e64cae574f3b170f32b0844f5f69cb6.png) (no really, it’s breaking news 😬 ) ---
**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:** [October 14, 2019, 3:31pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-netgear-router-network-control-presence-detection-energy-monitoring/2259/157 "2019-10-14T15:31:18Z")
OK Homey V3 is here!!! (for experimental users that is 🥳 ) That means the Netgear V3 app has also been released just now as Beta. [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/0/7/07b88c9a69e717ce8f6853e40cb369171b9ddbf3.jpeg) ](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/0/7/07b88c9a69e717ce8f6853e40cb369171b9ddbf3.jpeg) The software code was for a large part rewritten from the ground up, and there is new functionality in there. So go ahead and test it IF YOU DARE! 🥴 Actually, I have been using and testing it already for some weeks, and I’m very happy with the stability already. But let me know if you come across new issues. ps. after updating to v3 you might want to rebuild some of your flows, since the presence detection has many improvements. But if you leave your flows untouched, most of them will continue to work as they did before. ---
**Author:** ![Eternity](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/eternity/32/102113_2.png) [@Eternity](https://community.homey.app/u/Eternity)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2019, 3:41pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-netgear-router-network-control-presence-detection-energy-monitoring/2259/158 "2019-10-14T15:41:18Z")
Haha @Gruijter Thanks for the spoiler earlier 😉 Due to the App upgrade, I will also do a f/w upgrade. Homey App v3 is not available yet, but I guess it will be be soon 🙂 Thanks for all your effort! ---
**Author:** ![ktd](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/ktd/32/11761_2.png) [@ktd](https://community.homey.app/u/ktd)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2019, 10:55pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-netgear-router-network-control-presence-detection-energy-monitoring/2259/159 "2019-10-14T22:55:01Z")
> [@Gruijter](#): > > ps. after updating to v3 you might want to rebuild some of your flows, since the presence detection has many improvements Rebuild how? ---
**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:** [October 14, 2019, 11:13pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-netgear-router-network-control-presence-detection-energy-monitoring/2259/160 "2019-10-14T23:13:27Z")
E.g. add the smartphones you want to track for presence as separate attached devices, and build your flow triggers from these new devices. ---
**Author:** ![Daniel\_Fille](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/daniel_fille/32/15219_2.png) [@Daniel\_Fille](https://community.homey.app/u/Daniel_Fille)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2019, 2:11pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-netgear-router-network-control-presence-detection-energy-monitoring/2259/161 "2019-10-15T14:11:15Z")
Can I update to the new version even if I am not on the new homey 3.0 beta? ---
**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:** [October 15, 2019, 2:24pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-netgear-router-network-control-presence-detection-energy-monitoring/2259/162 "2019-10-15T14:24:17Z")
nope, Homey v3+ is required ---
**Author:** ![Canedje](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/canedje/32/8324_2.png) [@Canedje](https://community.homey.app/u/Canedje)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2019, 2:31pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-netgear-router-network-control-presence-detection-energy-monitoring/2259/163 "2019-10-15T14:31:56Z")
On my Android phone am I not able to add an device. At the end the “opslaan” button is missing. On my Ipad it is possible to add a device [Previous page](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-netgear-router-network-control-presence-detection-energy-monitoring/2259.md?page=7) [Next page](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-netgear-router-network-control-presence-detection-energy-monitoring/2259.md?page=9)