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R6250 Devic Name Change
Does anyone know how I can change the Device Name in Router Model 6250? It's driving me nuts.
Hard to tell what you are talking about with so little information to go on.
That you have posted in the apps section rather than the one for your R6250, suggests that you may be talking about the names that show up in the Device Manager.
Are you saying that you cannot Edit the names there?
Or do your edits disappear after the event?
Some of us find it easier to edit those names either in the browser graphical user interface (GUI) or, easier still, in the desktop genie for tour operating systems.
Netgear is trying to kill the genie. It has broken some of the key links to it.
First look on the support pages for your device:
Support | NETGEAR
Feed in your model number and check the downloads for your hardware.
If that fails, the last sighting of the genie that worked was here:
genie Landing Page | Apps | Discover | Home | NETGEAR
Maybe you mean something else. If so, a more detailed explanation from you might help.
Maybe this will clarify it a little beter. In advanced, when I go to Setup>LAN Setup I see the following:
| Address Reservation | ||||||||||
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When I go to Administration, or in basic, Attached Device I see the following:
| Wireless Devices (Wireless intruders also show up here) | ||||||||
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Same IP and MAC address, but one shows the Device Name the other don't. Why?
Can I change this somehow?
So, I downloaded Genie and yes I can change it in the Genie app. However when I log into my router it is still the name
as I illustrated in my e-mails before. Still no device name for the printer under attached devices.
Is there another way of changing the device names in the router?