Detection of WiFi users

[Ligatus]

Hi all,

is there any possibility to detect users which are using a WiFi connection? And I don't mean the "wifi" capability to detect devices that can access WiFi connections.

If there is no existing capability in WURFL to detect Wifi users, is there any other well known way to do that?

Thanks for you help!

David

[kamermans]

Hi David,

WURFL does not currently track dynamic runtime information like the current bearer (WiFi, 3G, etc). The only way I can think of off the top of my head is to use carrier detection to figure out if they are on a mobile carrier, and if not, they are probably on WiFi. Carrier detection is usually based on the IP address of the end user.

[Ligatus]

Hi Steve,

thanks for your reply! I already got the information to identify WiFi users by the carrier, but I hoped that there's a easier way to do it

Problem is that most carriers are using different IP-ranges. And these IP-ranges are not clearly named with a mobile tag. So it's not possible to identify the IP-ranges which a carrier is using for it's mobile business.

Do you have any experience with that?

Regards
David

[kamermans]

Hi David,

I (we) do have experience with that, but at this time we don't have anything we can share. Anyway, I certainly see where your coming from, and I wouldn't rule out the possibility that we will have a solution for you in 2013

[hferradj]

Hi,

This is a very old thread, but I would like to know if a solution is available now?

Thank you.

[Elliotfehr]

Hello,

We are still exploring adding this as an added feature to the WURFL API, however we do not currently have this as an option..

Thank you,

Elliot