wifell
Wifell captures wifi packages looking for known mac addresses and sends notifications when they are found.
What's needed for wifell to work?
You need a computer with a wifi card able to run in promiscuous mode that's able to run nodejs and node_pcap.
I've tested wifell on the RaspberryPi and it works there, making the Pi a great test environment for this tool.
Adding your own devices
You can add the mac addresses of your own devices on:
config/addresses.js
Wifell will emit notifications when any mac address listed there is nearby.
If you want to use test mode after adding your own devices you should edit:
services/capture.js
And replace MAC-ADDRESS-HERE with a mac address listed on config/addresses.js.
Test Client
Wifell comes with a very simple client you can use to see generated events.
If node_pcap is not available events will be automatically generated every 3 seconds.
This allows easy testing the server connection.
Build the client:
grunt
Start the server:
node index.js
Open a browser at the specified address:
http://localhost:3000
Have fun!