Home Assistant
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In the mobile app, automatically substitute the IP address of the HA server. The HA server sends a notification to Android about its IP address, and the mobile device receives and substitutes it in the app settings. You can get an IP address via SMS or Telegram. |
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This problem is already well-addressed by existing solutions like DuckDNS, Nabu Casa, or any other dynamic DNS provider. These approaches are more robust and cover the same use case without requiring additional infrastructure. The proposed feature feels quite niche - most users who care about this will already be using DDNS. I'm also skeptical this would be accepted into core HA given its limited audience. If you want to pursue this idea further, I'd suggest a different shape: a standalone Android app that runs a local DNS server and accepts IP update commands via SMS or Telegram. That keeps the complexity isolated, avoids touching HA core, and gives you full control over the implementation. As a bonus, such an app would solve this problem not just for Home Assistant, but for any other application that needs to reach a server with a dynamic IP. |
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The server is automated, when the IP changes, a message is sent to Telegram with the new IP. In some places, DuckDNS, Nabu Casa do not work. I offer a method similar to authorization by SMS or Email. The only thing you need to configure the port on the router. (Now I just copy the IP from Telegram and paste it into the application). |
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This problem is already well-addressed by existing solutions like DuckDNS, Nabu Casa, or any other dynamic DNS provider. These approaches are more robust and cover the same use case without requiring additional infrastructure.
The proposed feature feels quite niche - most users who care about this will already be using DDNS. I'm also skeptical this would be accepted into core HA given its limited audience.
If you want to pursue this idea further, I'd suggest a different shape: a standalone Android app that runs a local DNS server and accepts IP update commands via SMS or Telegram. That keeps the complexity isolated, avoids touching HA core, and gives you full control over the implementati…