Why can't I assign names to devices?

Kralon wrote:

Just installed an R8000 for my home and like most users I want to assign names to the attached devices. Netgear's Genie should be able to maintain a table of names attached to MAC addresses like many other network managers I have worked with in the past.

A little bit lost on the current firmware UI status on the R8000. Initially, we had an Edit option in the Attached Device table - not sure if this allowed editing, permitting to override the device DHCP client provided one.

"Genie" is a little bit vague - the same name is used for the router Web management interface, to the Windows and mac OS App, and to mobile App.

On the Genie App it is possible to rename discovered attachd devices from the Network Map - click-and-hold a device -> [Details] -> and edit the Custom Name ... on the R9000 here, this is reflected in the Attached Device (follwing a page reload). The crux is ... you can't remove the custom name, once set, it's there forever, you can never return to the DHCP client provided ones.

On the R9000, in the Attached Devices view, we can click on the device icon to the left, and edit the name among some QoS priorities, too.

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@FURRYNUTZ wrote:

Have you tried setting up IP address reservations and during this process, you can change the name of the device here. Add and Apply. Does this name change follow into the attached devices section if you try this?

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On the R9000 it does not.

Kralon wrote:

... like many other network managers I have worked with in the past.

In my opinion, Netgear has a long way to go.

Certainly mising is a much more single point to manage DHCP reservations, Attached devices ... and last but not least a DNS server for a private local domain, where all names registered by the DHCP request reps. custom renamed are added as A resp. PTR records automatically.