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The Actiontec integrationIntegrations connect and integrate Home Assistant with your devices, services, and more. [Learn more] allows you to detect presence by looking at devices connected to an Actiontec device.

Supported devices (tested):

  • MI424WR (Verizon FIOS)

Important

This device tracker needs telnet to be enabled on the router.

To use this device tracker in your installation, add the following to your configuration.yamlThe configuration.yaml file is the main configuration file for Home Assistant. It lists the integrations to be loaded and their specific configurations. In some cases, the configuration needs to be edited manually directly in the configuration.yaml file. Most integrations can be configured in the UI. [Learn more] file. After changing the configuration.yamlThe configuration.yaml file is the main configuration file for Home Assistant. It lists the integrations to be loaded and their specific configurations. In some cases, the configuration needs to be edited manually directly in the configuration.yaml file. Most integrations can be configured in the UI. [Learn more] file, restart Home Assistant to apply the changes. The integration is now shown on the integrations page under Settings > Devices & services. Its entities are listed on the integration card itself and on the Entities tab.

# Example configuration.yaml entry
device_tracker:
  - platform: actiontec
    host: YOUR_ROUTER_IP
    username: YOUR_ADMIN_USERNAME
    password: YOUR_ADMIN_PASSWORD

Configuration Variables

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host string Required

The IP address of your router, e.g., 192.168.1.1.

username string Required

The username of a user with administrative privileges, usually admin.

password string Required

The password for your given admin account.

See the device tracker integration page for instructions how to configure the people to be tracked.

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