G+_Jason Perry Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 Hmmm.... https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=50698 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Giligain I. Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 • what? This is a 3-5yr old article not vetted even by the comments at the end of the article. #whatgives Jason Perry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Jason Perry Posted April 1, 2018 Author Share Posted April 1, 2018 Giligain I. You are right this is an old article and it appears the described steps don't work anymore. This is a project I am interested in; and, if you go to Fing's website it looks like it is still possible help.fing.io - Fing CLI Archives - Fing Support Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Giligain I. Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 Jason Perry I scanned your link and came up empty handed. Looks more like the PDF manual to using the app instead of community help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Jason Perry Posted April 1, 2018 Author Share Posted April 1, 2018 It is a manual, just not for the app. it is for the desktop/embedded version. All I am really after is a simple catalog of what's on the networks I maintain when I am not there. If it will update Fing.io then I am set. I just don't know yet if I can get it to update without paying a monthly fee. I think the introduction of the fee is what caused the issue for people in the original article I posted. fing.io - Download Free IP scanner for desktop, Linux, Windows and OSX - Fing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Giligain I. Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 I've been using and promoting Fing often. It was just the other day I noticed it will provide me the public IP address my DHCP is currently using. But I discovered unable to ping to anything from remote outside local network >>> ping from remote location to my public IP doesn't seem to be available as default...for security reasons. I was kinda hoping to test network connection from iPhone LTE to anything on my network. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Jason Perry Posted April 1, 2018 Author Share Posted April 1, 2018 So from some reading the desktop version will scan your network and give you a list of details and save them in a CSV format. I get the feeling it would be just as easy to do that with nmap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Paul Hutchinson Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 Did a little digging and it appears that the capability of having Fingbox like capability with your own RasPi was ended. Probably related to Fing getting bought out in Early 2106 and releasing the Fingbox hardware the end of 2017. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Jason Perry Posted April 2, 2018 Author Share Posted April 2, 2018 From what I have read the CLI version just creates a CSV file with the info, you need to pay an undisclosed fee to use FingKit which will upload to their cloud based service. I feel like you could probably accomplish the same thing with nmap, and in the end it would be more versatile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Paul Hutchinson Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 Jason Perry Yes that's what's currently available. Based on what I read on a couple of sites, in the past the version of Fing for RasPi allowed automatic updating of the fing.io web service like only a Fingbox can do now. So yes the currently available version of Fing for RasPi is no more, and probably less, useful than standard *nix network tools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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