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tmtmtm
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Sep 02, 2022

GS108E V3 Netbios name issue

Hi,    Is it possible to set a network name in order to identify these switches on the network?  For some reason they use the MAC address instead of the "switch name" for this.. It's displayed co...
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schumaku
Guru - Experienced User
Sep 05, 2022
tmtmtm wrote:

Why can't it be set up as the netbios name?

Because there is no Netbios implementation on these Plus switches at all - just UPnP SSDP one might guess? 

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