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Hi guys,
I'm looking to setup a wifi hotspot in my flat with my Raspberry Pi to track my PAs when their at work. As social is culling my hours again I need to know when carers actually arrive at mine.
I was going to create a Wifi hotspot with the aim of tracking the PAs location through an open Wifi (at the start to test) is this at all possible?
I read that I can use WPS to do this but cannot find out how I can do this.
Anyone know how?
You wouldn't be able to force their phones to connect to the AP in the first place though?
What happened to the good old clock in/clock out system?
These can vary from a signature on a card to fingerprint verification by a special device which records entries in a database.
If you are planning to do this covertly, there probably will be data protection issues. Also lets say a carer arrived half an hour early so caught up with facebook/email on their mobile before the appointment time, then after you appointment they sat in their car for half an hour calling friends/family to make plans for the evening, your system could end up shafting you by an hour.
What happens if a carer changes mobile phone, forgets to take it to work or leaves it in the car?
Shame about these snags because otherwise I think it could have been quite an interesting project.
I have a semi covert WiFi cam (I striped an eBay one and put it in a clock hung on the wall ) and it faces the inside of the front door. Captures every coming and going and door step interaction.
Google "raspberry pi wifi tracking" loads out there
hxxp://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/10/03/mail_this_hacker_board_to_attack_wifi_networks_across_the_globe/
I thought of a simpler method. Instead of tracking location (need 3x Pi's) could I not just track Wifi access? I could run a script to log all connected devices with their mac addresses, time etc. Then I could build a profile based upon that information?
Any ideas?
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Just run an open AP on a Linux box and log connection traffic, but that depends on the device. Some devices will require the user to connect. Mmmmmmm
So their Mac addresses will show who's who but you need to find out which phones that relates to.
Cant you just install a key swipe system, much easier (well will show entry)
Hit a brick wall, ideas?
http://www.themagpi.com/issue/issue-...-access-point/
Configuring the wireless interface << i'm currently stuck on this at the moment mate, i can't work out how to access/edit this file. Any ideas?
Webcam? Unless there's something going on and then hires webcam ;-).
They they might have wifi turned off, an old phone without it (I know someone who still uses one), they might not have auto join wifi, I think even with wps you have to agree/press a button on the other machine (phone) anyway.
Do do they just normally come into your flat or are they in and out as you could put a sensor on the door to log times.
Hi BS,
What I've done at the moment is created an open hotspot using Pi-Point. Do you know a way that I can get the Pi to create a log of user access?
I've moved it into my lounge (headless) I tried logging in via Putty but it throws back:
Network Error: Connection Refused.
Any ideas?
I've got my phone set to not connect to networks it doesn't know - are you sure they will try connect?
They all pretty much use my WiFi anyway. I think I might just use an RFID door lock or swipe card. I should be able to create a log shouldn't I??
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Yeah all the rfid stuff logs the card number - easy to see who's been in. Or as I said before a webcam, if anyone is going to dispute date/time they can do it for an rfid reader of as a webcam - webcam has added security bonuses too.
I'll do both mate as I need CCTV to stop theft :)
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Not really read the article as im lazy but this could be of some use http://www.lifehacker.co.uk/2014/11/...d-line-wavemon