Sniffing local network using WIFI 1010

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Hi all,

New to this forum.

I'm thinking of using a MKR WIFI 1010 to control some audio visual devices. To do this, I need the WIFI 1010 to detect certain data on the local wifi network. When detected, my code would take an action eg switch a wifi smart plug on/off, wake up an amplifier by setting a pin to High.

Is it possible to program the WIFI 1010 board (or another Arduino board) to listen for data sent by a known MAC or IP address to another known MAC or IP address? The WIFI 1010 would not be the recipient of these packets of course. The traffic may be both TCP and UDP.
I couldn't find a similar use case here on the forum.

All input is appreciated!

Cheers
Geoff.

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Hi,

Not sure if this would help or not but I have a sketch for the esp8266 which listens on the wifi for other devices and in this case detects if someone is home or not by monitoring traffic coming from their phone

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Hi,

Thanks, I'll check it out.
Can the ESP8266 be easily interfaced with an Arduino board?
Cheers
Geoff.

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Hi,
The esp8266 can be linked via serial but it is easier just to use the esp8266 instead of an Arduino
see: Installing ESP8266 in Arduino IDE (Windows, Mac OS X, Linux) | Random Nerd Tutorials

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Much easier!

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Hi,
Thanks for the extra details; appreciated.
Think I'll use a board with the later S32 chip for some extra processing power, as I will have some additional processing to do. Adafruit looks nice.

Cheers
Geoff.

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