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"a lot of times my mother asks me if she can come in the room for reasons I won't get into" You've appeared to engineer your way around an interpersonal relationship that you lack the emotional, social intelligence and maturity to deal with. Welcome to the front page of HN i guess. you're well on the way to becoming a founder.
I've had a similar problem in the past. It turns out that most routers have a way to assign an IP address statically based on the MAC address of the requesting device without affecting the other DHCP devices on the network.
I do this for my pi-hole, my NAS and my gaming PC.
> My router assigns dynamic IP addresses, meaning my server location kept changing. I've had a similar problem in the past. It turns out that most routers have a way to assign an IP address statically based on the MAC address of the requesting device without affecting the other DHCP devices on the network. I do this for my pi-hole, my NAS and my gaming PC.
> My router assigns dynamic IP addresses, meaning my server location kept changing. I've had a similar problem in the past. It turns out that most routers have a way to assign an IP address statically based on the MAC address of the requesting device without affecting the other DHCP devices on the network. I do this for my pi-hole, my NAS and my gaming PC.
What you need is a sensor right near the green dot that detects whether it's turned on or not. Could use a full-blown camera, but probably a simpler sensor would work too.
Only half-kidding.
I had a similar thought, so I bought this: https://onairwarning.com/pages/products It completely sucks and doesn't really work. So don't make my mistake.
> My router assigns dynamic IP addresses, meaning my server location kept changing. I've had a similar problem in the past. It turns out that most routers have a way to assign an IP address statically based on the MAC address of the requesting device without affecting the other DHCP devices on the network. I do this for my pi-hole, my NAS and my gaming PC.
What's bizarre is that my previous TP-Link routers alawys had this ability, but when I upgraded two years ago, it was gone.
> One does not simply get the camera status on a MacBook. What you need is a sensor right near the green dot that detects whether it's turned on or not. Could use a full-blown camera, but probably a simpler sensor would work too. Only half-kidding.
? OverSight [1] seems to work just fine. It pops up whenever something uses the mic or camera (the usage for this tool is to "monitor" for unwanted access from rogue apps). Since it's open source it should be possible to check how they get the status?
