I am a new Glasswire Basic user and still finding my way around.
My network set up is Wireless Broadband via a router. Connected to the network permanently are laptop (on which I am typing this), newtork WiFi printer and Sonos sound system.
Under Settings > Security > Things Monitor, I am told that Glasswire will report all devices joining or leaving the network. I have checked the appropriate boxes but when devices such as mobile phone and/or tablet are connected to the WiFi, Glasswire does not report this.
What do your settings look like? There is one option to show only āNewā unknown devices that join. Thatās the setting I use because the constant coming and going of devices can become annoying.
Perhaps you have that option chosen?
If you go to the āThingsā tab and press āScanā do you see your devices? Also if you go to our general settings how often are your Things scanned for? There is also a Things related option under our general settings.
In Settings > General > āThings interval Scanā was set to 30 minutes so I changed it to 5 minutes. Basically, I was impatient! I expected devices which join or leave the network to show up very quickly.
I also didnāt realise that I can initiate a scan of āthingsā at any time using the āThingsā tab.
All devices are visible in the āThingsā tab and the āAlertsā section notifies me of devices joining or leaving. At the moment I have Settings > Security > Things monitor set to report all devices joining or leaving the network but once I am more familiar with Glasswire I will change that so only new, unknown devices are reported.
Iām just trying to figure out what this is! Of the top 5 search results, there is this, a notice that a scan is taking 24 hours, one talking about the Internet of things (toasters, fridges, speakers, thermostats, etc), and a few totally unrelated.
Of note, the OP has the free version? ābasicā userā¦
under the general tab āThings scanā interval is unchecked. ā makes no mention of needing the paid version
under security, āthings monitorā is listed as a buy option.
perhaps its not working because John has the basic vs paid version?
In my previous post I mentioned that everything was working fine. The problem I had was remedied by changing the Settings > General > Things interval scan to 5 minutes instead of the default 30 minutes.
The basic version is not free if you want to use Glasswire for a year or more. It becomes a subscription service after 7 days (I think itās 7 days).
Iām not sure what you are running when you say that a scan is taking 24 hours. To my knowledge, thereās no scan in Glasswire that would take 24 hours.