Ah! I didn't realize that maybe that explains my phone sucking the battery dry as I have no cell service in our new offices all my apps try to use the wifi all day keeping it active. Ok, that said, I know that the development libraries supplied for iPhone allow for setting up events based on geolocation fences so it shouldn't be hard to write something that would work.
Andy On Mar 30, 2015 5:13 PM, "Chris McQuistion" <cmcquist...@watkins.edu> wrote: > I get that. The DHCP server gives the phone the same IP address every time > it comes onto the WiFi network. The problem is that smartphones shut off > their WiFi when they're idle, in order to save power. If the phone shuts > off the WiFi because it has been sitting in my pocket for 20 minutes, then > it (presumably) won't be on the network and available to respond to pings. > > Alternatively, if I ping the phone constantly, it may keep the WiFi active > all day, but this would have a negative impact on the battery life, so that > isn't really great. > > For that reason, I think geo-location (which can be done with relatively > low power usage, I understand) might be a better way of determining if I'm > at work or not. At some point, I have cross the geo-location threshold and > this could change a variable (somehow) that will be used for doing other > actions. > > On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 4:09 PM, Andrew Farnsworth <farn...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Don't monitor it on the phone monitor it on your dhcp server and setup a >> dhcp assigned static address based on your phone's MAC address. >> On Mar 30, 2015 4:04 PM, "Chris McQuistion" <cmcquist...@watkins.edu> >> wrote: >> >>> I thought about going that route (monitoring my WiFi IP address, when I >>> come on the network), but it seems like iOS turns off WiFi access when >>> you're not actually doing something on the phone (to save battery life, I'm >>> sure). If I continually pinged my cell phone's IP address, it might keep >>> the WiFi on all day, but this would drain battery life, considerably. >>> >>> On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 2:54 PM, Andrew Farnsworth <farn...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Chris, >>>> You could probably avoid the whole geolocation part of this and even >>>> the mobile OS issue altogether. Have the system monitor your WiFi network >>>> and when your phone appears on the network, route to it, otherwise route to >>>> desk phone. This works with any phone and phone OS, not just iOS or >>>> Android. The only real drawback is the need to have your wifi on on your >>>> phone but could have the added advantage to make it simple to tell your >>>> system to not route to your cell by turning off it's WiFi networking, thus >>>> vanishing from the network and viola! calls are routed to your desk even if >>>> you are in the building. >>>> >>>> Andy >>>> >>>> On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 3:37 PM, Chris McQuistion < >>>> cmcquist...@watkins.edu> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Curt and I were discussing this idea this morning and it seems so >>>>> obvious that I'm sure someone is already doing this and there are probably >>>>> already some good ways of accomplishing this. >>>>> >>>>> Here's the idea. >>>>> >>>>> When I'm at work, I'd like our phone system (Asterisk-based Elastix) >>>>> to just route incoming calls over to my cell phone number, instead. I've >>>>> got unlimited minutes and it is always on me. >>>>> >>>>> When I leave work, I'd like the call routing to route to my desk >>>>> phone, as usual. >>>>> >>>>> It seems like this shouldn't be too hard to accomplish. If nothing >>>>> else, IFTTT could be used with the iOS Location or Android Location >>>>> channel >>>>> to determine my geo-location. From there, I have to DO SOMETHING with >>>>> that >>>>> information, and then have Elastix act on it. >>>>> >>>>> This is where I'm stuck. My best ideas so far are to create a new >>>>> file in Dropbox or append a line in a Google Spreadsheet when I'm entering >>>>> or leaving the geo-location. This seems a little kludge-y to me. >>>>> >>>>> Anyone got a better idea of how to accomplish this goal? It isn't >>>>> really important. It's just one of those ideas that I've had for a long >>>>> time and I can't seem to let it go until I figure out how to do it... >>>>> >>>>> Chris >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "NLUG" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >>>>> >>>>> --- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "NLUG" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "NLUG" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >>>> >>>> --- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "NLUG" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "NLUG" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >>> >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "NLUG" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NLUG" group. >> To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NLUG" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. 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