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name99
Guide
Oct 23, 2019

length of name of attached devices

Can Netgear PLEASE allow us to use names for attached devices that are long than 15 characters? 15 characters is, frankly, amateur hour. As is forced capitalizing all the names that you were able to ...
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michaelkenward
Guru - Experienced User
Oct 23, 2019
name99 wrote:

Can Netgear PLEASE allow us to use names for attached devices that are long than 15 characters?

Where are you looking?

 

I have longer device names visible in the Netgear Windows app and in the browser graphical user interface (GUI).

 

That is with a different router. But there is clearly no theoretical limit.

 

I also see no forced capitals.

 

 

 

 

  • schumaku's avatar
    schumaku
    Guru - Experienced User
    Oct 23, 2019

    Nighthawk App and e.g. the R9000 device names are limied to 32 chars, and no change in the first characger from lower to uppercase (as on the gaming routers.

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      schumaku
      Guru - Experienced User
      Oct 23, 2019

      Nighthawk App and e.g. the R9000 device names are limited to 32 chars, and no change in the first character of the string from lower to uppercase (as on the RAXnnn).

       

      ChristineT  we still can't edit posts in this community section ...

      • name99's avatar
        name99
        Guide
        Oct 23, 2019

        I didn't try the iOS app, but using the web interface it's 15 characters. Beyond that it just won't accept characters. 

        32 is closer to acceptable, but still ridiculously low (especially if people want to use unicode characters). 

         

        And the selection of devices you can classify against is utterly bizarre. Multiple particular iPhone models, but not a single IoT device? Bridge, Switch, Router, and Repeater?

         

        And don't get me started on the bizarre editing UI.

         

        The whole things feels like a project put together by a not especially talented 14year-old programmer 20 years ago. No concern for UI. No concern for real-world issues (like name lengths or unicode). No concern for what devices people actually see on their networks and want to name/classify. 

         

        BTW the point of the comment is not to solicit details on what namelengths are allowed where. It is to get Netgear to fix the damn apps and the web interface. I have to post here since Netgear don't seem interested in providing a bug/suggestion web page.