I have devices with no names and no way to edit them. I have done this in the past, but currently I cannot find a way to do this. There is no option to edit, either in the Nighthawk APP or logging in with mywifiext.I looked but seem to have the most current firmware version. Hardware Version: EAX20Firmware Version: V1.0.1.64_1.0.104

dtaft wrote: I have devices with no names and no way to edit them. Is this a reference to names in "Attached devices"? This is a notoriously flakey are for Netgear devices.Apps don't help because they also have their eccentricities. One way to name things is to do it in a web browser and the graphical user interface (GUI). You could also try it on the router that feeds this AP. You say: There is no option to edit, either in the Nighthawk APP or logging in with mywifiext. Have you clicked the icons for the devices?

Click the icons....No Icons here on the web login. If you mean the APP, I have clicked on everything I can see.

App main page... I click the white dot with circles, the named device, the unnamed .... all they do is pull up the devices info, there is no way to edit the device name here. When I am looking at the device info, there is nothing there I can click which pulls up a way to edit it either. I press the dashes, the white doted circle icon, and the .. next to the green dot. None of them do anything.

dtaft wrote: Click the icons....No Icons here on the web login. If you mean the APP, I have clicked on everything I can see. We still don't know where you are looking. I did ask if you were talking about Attached devices. "Is this a reference to names in "Attached devices"?"Your screen grab seems to show Access Control. I'm looking at an R7800 in AP mode. I realise that this is different hardware, but Netgear tries to maintain some sort of commonality in the GUI, so I'm hoping that you see the same thing, or something similar. (The manual suggests that it does.) In the settings Attached Devices (The EAX20 manual also talks about Connected Devices.) I see this: Attached Devices Each of those icons is clickable. Click one and it brings up this: Edit Device Do you see something similar? There are other ways to edit devices, with the "desktop genie" for example. But that's the easiest.

I was logged in via the web using http://mywifiext/I logged in, selected settings, and connected devices.That is the only place I see devices, and as the screen shot showed, some have names but 2 of them say the names are --.Nowhere is there any icon to click, or any button saying edit, so that I can put names to the devices which just show IP addresses and have device name -- I looked through the manual and I do not see anyplace I could do this. I thought I assigned names for things when I first set this up a year or two ago. Now on the router, I can see attached devices, and there is a button to click to edit and change names of them. But I need to be able to do this to the devices on the Extender.

Cannot rename devices on Nighthawk APP or using mywifiext EAX20

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michaelkenward
Guru - Experienced User
Nov 15, 2023
dtaft wrote:

I have devices with no names and no way to edit them.

Is this a reference to names in "Attached devices"?

This is a notoriously flakey are for Netgear devices.Apps don't help because they also have their eccentricities.

One way to name things is to do it in a web browser and the graphical user interface (GUI).

You could also try it on the router that feeds this AP.

You say:

There is no option to edit, either in the Nighthawk APP or logging in with mywifiext.

Have you clicked the icons for the devices?
- dtaft
  Aspirant
  Nov 16, 2023
  Click the icons....No Icons here on the web login. If you mean the APP, I have clicked on everything I can see.
  - dtaft
    Aspirant
    Nov 16, 2023
    App main page... I click the white dot with circles, the named device, the unnamed .... all they do is pull up the devices info, there is no way to edit the device name here. When I am looking at the device info, there is nothing there I can click which pulls up a way to edit it either. I press the dashes, the white doted circle icon, and the .. next to the green dot. None of them do anything.
donalcombright
Guide
Sep 20, 2024
Still an issue I assume? My experiences with my setup below.
-- I have an Orbi 960 (+1 Sat) and 2 EAX15 devices. My experience:

1. Nighthawk app is atrocious.
2. You cannot rename devices (for an extender at least) via the Nighthawk app or the web app.
3. Not only that but the device names pulled are worse on the nighthawk app/web app then what the Orbi app/web interface gets.
4. If a device connects to your router directly for a short period of time you can name it via the Orbi app/web interface. When it goes back to its strongest connection location (extender) it doesn't maintain the name from the Orbi device.

This is frustrating for anyone with a lot of devices you are trying to keep track off because:
1. Orbi app should show the device, its getting the IP from my router.
2. Nighthawk app should give the ability to rename it in the very least.

Having to use 2 apps its beyond stupid as well, give me one look and also make it so when I switch between devices I don't need to reload everything.
- michaelkenward
  Guru - Experienced User
  Sep 20, 2024
  donalcombright wrote:
  
  1. Nighthawk app is atrocious.
  
  It is not great, which is why some of us advise against using it. It is too dumbed down. But there are a few things that you can do that people miss. Maybe it depends on your version. You don't say if it is iOS or Android.
  
  2. You cannot rename devices (for an extender at least) via the Nighthawk app or the web app.
  
  There is the hidden "Edit" button in the Network Map. Drill down to the device you want to manage and look for the button next to the device icon.
  
  Of course, some devices don't let you do that because of the way that they are configured. It is there for an AP. but I'm not sure about extenders. They are a bit different and increasingly losing out to Mesh systems. I'd expect to manage an extenders on the device itself.
  
  Having to use 2 apps its beyond stupid as well, give me one look and also make it so when I switch between devices I don't need to reload everything.
  
  I guess that's a consequence of mixing two systems.
  
  Just another user with time on their hands.
  - donalcombright
    Guide
    Sep 20, 2024
    michaelkenward wrote:
    You don't say if it is iOS or Android.
    iOS
    
    There is the hidden "Edit" button in the Network Map. Drill down to the device you want to manage and look for the button next to the device icon.
    I have no button anywhere when browsing the extenders in iOS or on the web interface. Do you have a screen shot of a hidden button? Note unknown is my Rachio, which Orbi does a somewhat better job of naming, but at least I can organize it if it doesn't.
    I guess that's a consequence of mixing two systems.
    Agree with this however I have tried running 4 Orbi's (750s) and they start causing issues because they are too close and NETGEAR recommended it was "congested". My house is about 2500sq feet, however it was originally electric heat so every wall is fully insulated (interior/exterior). With the 960's it's not economical for me to spend $600 on a satellite so my Rachio in the garage can have a connection either.
    
    My setup is I have a 960 middle of house first floor. I have a basement left extender (it's an addition so the signal died quick from the 960 because its through a concrete wall) but too close to the Orbi to run another satellite (per netgear). My other one is in the garage because I have 3 items "just enough" out of range that they connect/disconnect all the time. My 2nd satellite is in a shed outback via backhaul. It's about 150' away but gives my entire backyard wifi. Note, prior to this configuration I had 4 750s setup all the same locations for the most part.

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