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Can't change icons of attached devices
Have most updated firmware. I click on attached devices and then click on say a HP printer and I change the icon to printer. Says updating, but right back to standard icon. Any suggestions?
web interface. Tried many times
Thanks for confirming. How about this: on the Attached Devices page, when you click on a device and it brings up the page with boxes for:
Device Model
Device Name
Device Type
If you change one of these, say "Device Model" and click on "Apply", does it change? (Hint: I just add one letter to the end, like an "X". Makes it easy to change it back.)
If you change "Device Name",and click on "Apply", does that change take?
So, finally, changing "Device Type" to one of the other choices, and clicking on "Apply", that is the only thing that doesn't work?
Mostly, we get complaints that Netgear does not offer enough options for Device Type (I have made a formal request on the "Ideas" page).
This is a "new one".
It will change to what I type, just not the icon selection.
So, if you change the Device Type from "Printer" to "Camera" and click "Apply":
(1) The Attached Devices page will still show a Printer Icon, and
(2) If you once again click on the device and go to the page, the box for Device Type will show "Camera" (not the original "Printer")???It will accept when I type say hp printer; But when I try to switch Icon from "network" to "printer" it goes right back to network after hit apply. Hp printer is saved however.