Unifi: change to device tracker default off breaks guest subnet tracking case

[nathan-curtis]

The problem

THe change to the unifi integration to disable device trackers by default broke cases to identify unknown users of a network.

count of clients in guest network for instance?

Having to enable trackers manually for unknown uncontrolled network segments defeats the purpose of having the tracker...

It has also caused confusion among users of the Unifi component. The issue has arisen multiple times per month since the behavior change,,,

Please reverse the change of device trackers off by default

Suggestion - User selectable by network.? (Guest Subnet or SSID?)

User selectable option (default off if unset) would probably be the BEST case if possible.

What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue?

2023.1.5

What was the last working version of Home Assistant Core?

2022.10.x?

What type of installation are you running?

Home Assistant OS

Integration causing the issue

unifi

Link to integration documentation on our website

https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/unifi

Diagnostics information

No response

Example YAML snippet

No response

Anything in the logs that might be useful for us?

No response

Additional information

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[Kane610]

I thought you wanted a guest counter. The reversal of device tracker behavior is on hass and not specifically related to the unifi integration.

If the goal is to count number of guests or wireless clients change the issue to reflect that.

Thanks!

[blue-hound]

Hello,
Perhaps a sensor for each SSID that is being broadcast and report the number of connection to that SSID as an attribute. Assuming that information is exposed by the Unifi API.

I stumbled on this while trying to get my guest detection working again.

Thanks!

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[Timple]

Still broken unfortunately

[Kane610]

With 2023.8 I have supplied sensors reporting number of connected clients per elan. That should resolve this issue.