Turning an Android Phone into a Remote LAN Probe with Tailscale and Hermes

Sun, 01 Nov 2026 12:00:00 -0400

The Goal

I wanted to disable audio recording on one security camera. The RXCamView app could mute live playback, but that does not stop the recorder from saving audio. For that I needed the recorder’s web interface.

Small problem: I did not know its IP address. I had only my Android phone on the same Wi-Fi network, while Hermes was running on a server somewhere else.

That phone was already connected to my Tailscale network. Could Hermes use it as a remote nmap probe?

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Turning an Android Phone into a Remote LAN Probe with Tailscale and Hermes