In an attempt to secure my network I've been toying around with my routers VPN server. Using the Indigo reflector this isn't a problem with the home automation system and DomoPad however I wanted to kill off my other port forwards and the VPN would allow me to do this. On my phone I have my VPN client which has an auto disconnect features if it doesn't detect XX bytes in YY seconds. This is a great feature since the family always forgets to disconnect from the VPN. With Tasker (Android) I can automate the connection of the VPN when specific apps require local IP access.
Unfortunately I am seeing traffic which is holding the VPN open. The only apps that I have on my phone (currently) which use my local IP addresses are my camera app and DomoPad.
Is it possible that DomoPad is querying my local IP address to see if I'm on my home network so that it can switch from Away to Home? If so, do you know how often it makes this query and approximately how many bytes might be used? I can adjust the VPN's byte and time counts for the disconnect but really am not sure how high I want to set the counts.
Jeff