ArminH

Q: Personal Hotspot client monitor

Is there a way to monitor info (IP, MAC, Hostname,etc.) of clients connected to my iPhone's Personal Hotspot? Surely there must be a way to get more info than simply how many connections are currently active.

Posted on Sep 12, 2012 2:43 PM

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  • by Meg St._Clair,

    Meg St._Clair Meg St._Clair Sep 19, 2013 11:28 AM in response to allen1957
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    Sep 19, 2013 11:28 AM in response to allen1957

    So, submit your feedback to Apple.

     

    http://www.apple.com/feedback

     

    And, no, I certainly don't need such an app. I know who and what is connected to my phone. But, that doesn't mean you don't need it.

  • by Programmer_j,

    Programmer_j Programmer_j Jan 22, 2014 7:06 PM in response to Meg St._Clair
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    Jan 22, 2014 7:06 PM in response to Meg St._Clair

    If you use any network scanner, "IP Scanner (Lite)".... Works just fine... You just have to connect a device so that you can see the IP range. For my iPad/Sprint the range is 172.20.10.1-172.20.10.254. I can see all connected devices. Works fine and it's free.

  • by Meg St._Clair,

    Meg St._Clair Meg St._Clair Jan 23, 2014 11:11 AM in response to Programmer_j
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    Jan 23, 2014 11:11 AM in response to Programmer_j

    Thanks, but I still don't need it. Perhaps the suggestion will help someone else.

  • by wreti,Helpful

    wreti wreti Jan 30, 2014 8:25 AM in response to ArminH
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    Jan 30, 2014 8:25 AM in response to ArminH

    I also suggest using the app Fing to discover devices connected to the network you are connected to. Shows IP address, MAC address, etc.

  • by Originaldiode,

    Originaldiode Originaldiode Feb 20, 2014 2:50 PM in response to ArminH
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    Feb 20, 2014 2:50 PM in response to ArminH

    I just turned on my Wifi Hotspot after getting the better deal at AT&T, Mobils Share.

     

    I find it a bit unnerving that Apple would introduce a feature such as Mobile Hotspot and not allow you to see who is connected, and allow you to disconnect or even ban specific MAC addresses.

     

    An answer like "You should know who is connected cause you created the password" is not good enough.  As we know these things are hacked all the time

     

    Apple, if you are reading this, pretty please? 

  • by ChrisJ4203,

    ChrisJ4203 ChrisJ4203 Feb 20, 2014 2:52 PM in response to Originaldiode
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    Feb 20, 2014 2:52 PM in response to Originaldiode

    Apple is not reading this, no matter how many times you say please. To give feedback to Apple, you need to go to www.apple.com/feedback and click on the appropriate link.

  • by pjcthoth,

    pjcthoth pjcthoth Nov 21, 2014 12:50 PM in response to Bsiders522
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    Nov 21, 2014 12:50 PM in response to Bsiders522

    I understand this thread is two years old. But, since I just asked myself the same question, who could be connected to my iPhone hotspot, this was the first link that came up.

     

    From other responses on this thread, I came to realize the 1 extra connection was the PC cable. Essentially, your PC could be conbected directly and hotspot will count that as a connection.

     

    However, other than making a request to Apple (you should always do this if there's a feature you want but isn't there. You may not get it, but you never know what makes it onto a DEV teams priority list and it would certainly never happen if you don't tell them what you want).  No productive suggestions were really made.

     

    The actual all question that was asked was never addressed. Looking through the posts, it seems there is no tool or app to do this. Go write one and get some money!

     

    All that said, to the "people" who replied to a very legit tech question with, "{add best caveperson voice} well if you set a password you wouldn't have to ask (paraphrased from multiple posts)."  You personally and the people you affect with your absolute lack of comprehension/compassion/human intelligence should throw away you iPhone, your Android phone and anything in your world more advanced than a toaster.

     

    My personal opinion of your post is that now that bullies don't really exist on the playground kid since they where overrun by smart people, you are trying to belittle people here instead.

     

    Sorry whoever you are but I saw your post on a bad day. Maybe you'be evolved since then.

  • by Meg St._Clair,

    Meg St._Clair Meg St._Clair Nov 21, 2014 3:32 PM in response to pjcthoth
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    Nov 21, 2014 3:32 PM in response to pjcthoth

    pjcthoth wrote:

     

    The actual all question that was asked was never addressed. Looking through the posts, it seems there is no tool or app to do this.

    Which is what I told the OP the day they posted. So, yes, the question was addressed less than three hours after it was asked.

     

    Best of luck.

  • by ArminH,

    ArminH ArminH Nov 21, 2014 4:17 PM in response to pjcthoth
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    Nov 21, 2014 4:17 PM in response to pjcthoth

    Actually, I found a solution. There are a number of apps available that will scan a LAN and show all connected devices, their hostname, ip and MAC addresses... everything I was looking for.  I currently use both Fing and Net Analyzer and they both have free versions as well as fairly inexpensive paid versions.

  • by r3cgm,

    r3cgm r3cgm Dec 10, 2014 2:00 PM in response to pjcthoth
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    Dec 10, 2014 2:00 PM in response to pjcthoth

    I completely agree with pjcthoth's post here.  It's crazy there's no way to directly audit MAC/IP of all connected clients.  Tools like fing are not going to cut it b/c there are dozens of devices on my local network.  There should definitely be a built-in method to do this.

     

    I also agree that responses here like "you shouldn't need it" or "it's safe because only trusted devices you authorized can get on" are completely missing the point, and adding negative value to the thread.  The more people tend to trust features like this at face value, the less we are likely to remain vigilant with our security and audit our connections.

     

    I'm going to go submit a request on Apple's feedback page now.

  • by Rob Broadbent,

    Rob Broadbent Rob Broadbent Dec 12, 2014 9:51 AM in response to r3cgm
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    Dec 12, 2014 9:51 AM in response to r3cgm

    I didn't expect to get a wireless hotspot connection warning when I connected my iPhone to my computer with a cable.  Totally unintuitive.  My first thought was who's that currently hijacking my hotspot?  What? you can't do this?!


    So feedback provided http://www.apple.com/feedback!!

     

  • by Franco Borgo,

    Franco Borgo Franco Borgo Dec 15, 2014 5:17 PM in response to Rob Broadbent
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    Dec 15, 2014 5:17 PM in response to Rob Broadbent

    Contrary to my initial believed and contrary to most HotSpot, is not a wireless Hotspot. it is a hotspot that can deliver network through WiFi, Bluetooth and USB. Now to me it does make sense to have a count of all networked device. It is still true that we dont get much information about all those client device, but generally the number of client should be low enough to be manageable.

  • by Jason Zwolak,

    Jason Zwolak Jason Zwolak Apr 22, 2015 5:39 PM in response to wreti
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    Apr 22, 2015 5:39 PM in response to wreti

    Fing didn't work when I tried it.  Because I was using cellular data with my laptop connected to the personal hotspot there was no wifi connection on my phone, so Fing said "you must be connected to wifi" and didn't report anything about which computers were connected.

     

    I would like to echo peoples concerns about who is connected... I had this happen to me today:

     

    I'm sitting in a coffee shop pick up my phone and see a message "Would you like to trust this computer?"  I'm wondering what computer it is talking about... mine?  I already answered "Trust" in the past for mine, so I said "Don't Trust".  Then a few moments later I see two connections to my personal hotspot.  I only have two devices: my phone and my laptop.  And my phone is providing the personal hotspot... so who is the other connection?

     

    It's possible my laptop is somehow connected twice, but how do I know?

     

    If anyone knows of a tool that works when the laptop connects to the phone via bluetooth or usb, let me know please.

  • by Franco Borgo,

    Franco Borgo Franco Borgo Apr 22, 2015 7:49 PM in response to Jason Zwolak
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    Apr 22, 2015 7:49 PM in response to Jason Zwolak

    yes, the computer can be connected twice, I would even say it is possible to go to 3 using Bluetooth

    On a Mac, in System Preference, Network, you should see  which network connection is beeing used. The top one is the one in use, but all green one are Ready to be used if the top one fail. You can change the order in which they are used.

     

    Trust this computer, has nothing to do with network, it has to do with the transfert if file between the 2, mostly through iTunes.à

     

    Hope this help

  • by PixieImpSkittles,

    PixieImpSkittles PixieImpSkittles May 25, 2015 8:45 AM in response to Franco Borgo
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    May 25, 2015 8:45 AM in response to Franco Borgo

    Thank you so much Franco, after Reading your comment i cheacked me wifi/usb connection and that was my 2 connections. so i just wanted to say thank you

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