Hello,
I have tried to find a solution in the forums and online for quite some time now, but I don’t seem to be looking in the right places. I hope that someone on here will be able to help me.
I am running a RPi3 with haos_rpi3-6.1.img.xz (I know this version is old). I have a Zigbee stick that controls all my devices, mostly lights and sensors. I don’t have a router or internet, so the setup is completely offline.
I want to be able to show some of the Zigbee-Data (temperature sensors, …) on a display. For that I am using an old Pixel 3 Phone (no SIM-Card) and it’s hotspot. The credentials of said hotspot are known to the RPi.
The problem is, that in Android no browser nor the native app can connect to http://homeassistant.local:8123, http://homeassistant:8123, https://homeassistant.local:8123 or https://homeassistant:8123. So in order to point the Android-Phone to Home Assistant’s website, what I have to do is: Connect a computer to the Android-hotspot and then run an IP network scan on the computer. Then I can use the IP (192.168.x.x:8123) of the RPi in any Android browser or the app.
The Problem is that the Pixel 3 only has power when I’m home. So after I leave, it drains the battery, and then shuts down. When it’s restarted and the hotspot is reopened, Android uses a completely different IP. So I have to start from scratch again. This behaviour can’t be changed (I looked everywhere).
The only 2 posts that came close, were Local access Home Assistant on mobile hotspot and Installing homeassistant over Wifi / with a Android phone as router - #7 by 0815User . Unfortunately both without a solution.
I don’t want to get a dedicated router just for that task, so I am hoping that anyone here has an other idea on how to deal with that problem.
Holding my fingers crossed, thanks in advance : )
Nina
