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tarzanek
Feb 07, 2020Aspirant
Nighthawk android app: Device manager shows < and weird device types after Mac Mini is in the lan
Hello in Nighthawk android app in device manager device list all looks nice only until a Mac Mini appears in the LAN. Once it is in, app device manager is not able to download data properly from ro...
- Feb 16, 2020
tarzanek what (potentially crazy) device or hostname is configured on the Mac Mini in question?
Already the routers don't properly sanity check host names provided as part of the DHCP process or configured manually. Then it can happen that a data overflow will kill the comparable "dumb" protocol implemented between the router and the App. Reported far to many times - Netgear resp. thier ODM does not care - Christian_R you know my many reports on this subject.
Christian_R
Feb 12, 2020NETGEAR Employee Retired
Hello tarzanek,
Welcome to the community! May you let us know what firmware version is on along with the Nighthawk app version.
Thanks,
Christian
- tarzanekFeb 12, 2020Aspirant
Hello latest greatest
V1.0.2.68
(which has also some quirks which broke my guest network, but that's a different topic)--
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- Christian_RFeb 12, 2020NETGEAR Employee Retired
Hi tarzanek,
May you try reinstalling the app to see if there are any improvements? Also, if you could provide a screenshot of the issue that would be great.
Thanks,Christian
- schumakuFeb 16, 2020Guru - Experienced User
tarzanek what (potentially crazy) device or hostname is configured on the Mac Mini in question?
Already the routers don't properly sanity check host names provided as part of the DHCP process or configured manually. Then it can happen that a data overflow will kill the comparable "dumb" protocol implemented between the router and the App. Reported far to many times - Netgear resp. thier ODM does not care - Christian_R you know my many reports on this subject.