Sean Travers

  • Total activity 45
  • Last activity
  • Member since
  • Following 0 users
  • Followed by 8 users
  • Votes 0
  • Subscriptions 25

Activity overview

Latest activity by Sean Travers
  • Sean Travers created an article,

    Connect 3rd Party Apps to Fing (Local API)

    1. Diagnostics

      What is Local API The Local API feature allows users to connect third party apps to Fing Desktop in order to share information. Examples of such third party apps may include home assistant and sm...

    • Edited
    • 5 followers
    • 0 comments
    • 4 votes
  • Sean Travers created an article,

    MAC Lookup

    1. Diagnostics

    Use the MAC Lookup tool to recognize a device's brand, type and model from just its MAC address.  This can be helpful if you are trying to locate or perform diagnostics on a specific device.  What ...

    • Edited
    • 2 followers
    • 0 comments
    • 0 votes
  • Sean Travers created an article,

    Find Hidden Cameras

    1. Diagnostics

      Find Hidden Cameras This tool allows you to find any hidden cameras on your network.  These devices can include other monitorig devices including baby monitors or security systems. Fing Mobile Ap...

    • Edited
    • 3 followers
    • 0 comments
    • 8 votes
  • Sean Travers created an article,

    Troubleshoot Fing Desktop: Fing Service Not Found Error

    1. Troubleshoot Fing

      If you see the error message Fing Service not Found when installing Fing Desktop, follow these steps: Ensure you have the latest version of Fing. Fing Desktop supports any version of Windows tha...

    • Edited
    • 14 followers
    • 0 comments
    • 2 votes
  • Sean Travers created an article,

    Fing Desktop: FAQs

    1. FAQs

      What is Fing Desktop? Fing Desktop is the Fing App for your PC and laptop. Fing Desktop has more enhanced device recognition capabilities. Fing Desktop is free of charge. There is a Premium optio...

    • Edited
    • 2 followers
    • 0 comments
    • 2 votes
  • Sean Travers created an article,

    Unlink Google/FB/IFTTT Access

    1. Troubleshoot Fing

    If you linked Fing to 3rd Party Apps such as Google/FB/IFTTT and you suspect it's causing problems, unlink using the following steps. Login to the Web App Click the Avatar in the top right corner...

    • Edited
    • 3 followers
    • 0 comments
    • 1 vote
  • Sean Travers created an article,

    Randomized MAC Addressing in iOS 14 and later

    1. Troubleshoot Fing

      iOS 14: Changes to Fing On September 16th 2020, Apple released the latest version of its operating system for mobile devices: iOS 14. This new update introduces new restrictions on the network id...

    • Edited
    • 1 follower
    • 0 comments
    • 3 votes
  • Sean Travers created an article,

    Update Fing App Version

    1. Manage my Account

      Update latest Fing version Update the latest version of the Fing App and clear the cache on the device. To do this: Sign out of the application Remove the application Reboot the phone to clear t...

    • Edited
    • 7 followers
    • 0 comments
    • 9 votes
  • Sean Travers created an article,

    Remote WOL (Wake on LAN)

    1. Diagnostics

    To remotely wake a computer from sleep and establish a remote connection using the WOL feature: Assign your computer a static IP Configure port forwarding in your router to pass Port 9 to your PC’...

    • Edited
    • 1 follower
    • 0 comments
    • 4 votes
  • Sean Travers created an article,

    VPNs and Rogue Alerts (Fingbox)

    1. Monitor My Network

    If you use a VPN connection and get a Fing alert, the cause of the alert may be due to the VPN. VPNs mask the real network and Fingbox cannot distinguish if it's a Fingbox-identified network or a d...

    • Edited
    • 1 follower
    • 0 comments
    • 1 vote