Ping + Arp custom_component device tracker

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Did something similar a while ago using a simple bash script.

Anyone had luck with nmap component and modern phones?

Hi all, i’m having the best results with arp too. Before i used HA, i had a script that worked very good with iOS devices. Since last weekend i activated it again to use with HA as “command_line device tracker” The script runs as root on a ubuntu 14.04 server every minute and publishes the states to mqtt. In HA i use mqtt device tracker - platform: mqtt devices: person1: home/people/person1 person2: home/people/person2 person3: home/people/person3 person4: home/people/per…