A method and system is provided for detecting, commanding and controlling
diverse home devices currently connected to a home network. An interface
is provided for accessing the home devices that are currently connected
to a home network. According to the method, a device link file is
generated, wherein the device link file identifies home devices that are
currently connected to the home network. A device link page is created,
wherein the device link page contains a device button that is associated
with each home device that is identified in the device link file. A
hyper-text link is associated with each device button, wherein the
hyper-text link provides a link to an HTML page that is contained on the
home device that is associated with the device button, and the device
link page is displayed on a browser based home device.