Hello All,
Is it possible to manage Hubitat when the internet is down.
Thank You
Yes, so long as your local network is up. If your router is down (ie: No internet or local network), then no. But, so long as your router is up and running, you can access your hub.
[Edit]: Features like cloud dashboards and such won't work, however. Anything that relies on a cloud service (like IFTTT, Ecobee, and such) will not work as long as your internet is down.
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But is there a way to create apps etc, remotely?
Thanks
If your Internet is down, how will you access your hub remotely? It's not possible.
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Well oddly enough my external internet connection was out this morning and while at thee house I could not connect via the internal Hubitat IP although the router was up.
Do you have a combo modem/router?
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It would be helpful to know if you can connect to any of the devices on your local network. If not, I'd suspect that your router hung.
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Maybe the IP address had changed? Make sure it is fixed.
Yeah, Several approaches. Check the forum. Safest is probably a VPN either using your router if it supports it or a Raspberry Pi or suchlike (always on computer on your home network). I was using VNC on a Pi with some success but then it went all screwy and was not connecting without messing with ports. So I moved to Teamviewer which seems very good so far. You basically can then get to your Pi desktop from which you can run a browser and access your hub. It works great.
Here's the screen showing the 3 devices I have set up (a laptop and 2 Pi's)
And here's the Pi desktop on my Android phone, running a browser with the Hub connected. Excuse the massive cursor. That is an issue I can't get resolved on my Pi 4 yet lol.
All running nicely over a 3g mobile signal.
Give it a go. It works great.
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Thank You
