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Flam3shadow
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Jul 05, 2022

Annoying Genie-Media-Servers

Hello Comunity,

 

i dont know since when it is but it ist a little bit annoying.

At network overview on my fritzbox my pc is shown as "Genie-Media-Servers--KMHarnauGaertner-Windows"

The correct name should be KMHarnauGaertner. I discovered it is related to Netgear Genie, but if i turn off Media server at Netgear genie, uninstall it and restart pc, the problem isnt resolved. The original PC connection is listed under unused.

Where does it come from and how can i fix it?

 

I would be grateful for any help.

Flam3

 

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  • schumaku's avatar
    schumaku
    Guru
    Jul 05, 2022

    Grüezi Flam3shadow 

     

    Challenge AVM why they use very different name spaces for naming the devices in these connected devices view. It's clear that your Windows system was recognized before once - under the IP address 192.168.178.35 - as KMHarnauGaertner.

     

    For some reason, your Windows system does use different IP addresses. Typical case is that it might have multiple network adapters, Ethernet; WiFi, or some legacy technology WiFi extenders doing MAC address translation. And the DHCP server does hand out one IP by MAC address.

     

    Based on this IP address, the router does try to recognize, identify, and name the device - individually, and then based on information the Fritz! can find on the device.  Here it's the DLNA (UPnP-AV) server in place as part of the Genie installation, for the "My Media" service:

     

     

    So pure technically, this name can be changed.

     

    Two questions re remaining:

     

    1. Do you need Genie My Media sharing your local media to some DLNA systems on your LAN? If not, untick "Share my files" and "Allow play ...".

     

    2. What is the reason you still keep the legacy Genie App operational?

     

    Grüsse aus der Schweiz,

    -Kurt

    • michaelkenward's avatar
      michaelkenward
      Guru
      Jul 07, 2022
      schumaku wrote:

       

      2. What is the reason you still keep the legacy Genie App operational?

       

      Possibly because it is a very useful app that does things that are a faff, or impossible, with the browser graphical user interface (GUI).

       

      There are several features that are enough to keep it running all the time on my PCs.

       

      If it works, don't fix it.

       

      Is there any reason why we shouldn't keep the legacy Genie App operational?