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Rbr850 Device manger issues
I have a problem with the device manager giving the incorrect brand to certain devices.
For example my pc has all MSI parts but it identifies as an ASUS.
How can I fix this ? All I can do is change the name but not the brand. I have tried a factory reset but that doesn’t change anything
For example my pc has all MSI parts but it identifies as an ASUS.
How can I fix this ? All I can do is change the name but not the brand. I have tried a factory reset but that doesn’t change anything
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jtalty23 wrote:
How can I fix this ? All I can do is change the name but not the brand. I have tried a factory reset but that doesn’t change anythingThis appears to be one of the differences between the Orbi 'app' and the Orbi web browser interface. Like many networking programs, the Orbi firmware includes a table of Unique Organizational Identifier (OUI) codes:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organizationally_unique_identifier
Here's an example (there are dozens on the internet):
https://gist.github.com/aallan/b4bb86db86079509e6159810ae9bd3e4
By comparing the first part of a device MAC address, the Orbi attempts to guess who made the device and what it is.
In the Orbi web browser interface, clicking on the name of a device, such as this one:
brings up this pop up window:
Notice that the user has total control over what appears in the Device Model field and that the pretty icon (ugh!) is selected with a pull down menu that includes 28 choices.
On the Orbi 'app', the programmers have prefixed that description with an entry from an OUI table and the camera appears as "Ring - Reolink Argus". The name field cannot be edited by the user and a different set of 28 icons is selected by pressing on one of the (prettier) pictures. Why "Ring"? Probably because F4:B8:5E belongs to Texas Instruments and at some point the WiFi chips in Ring cameras were made by Texas Instruments:
Try looking up the MAC address of your adapter in the OUI table and see if it points to ASUS.
It's not exactly a "bug" because the app is doing what they programmed it to do. You could shake the phone and file a compaint, but I would not expect anything to happen soon (if at all).
- Thanks for your in depth response.
After looking up the MAC address with the first 6 digits 8c:b8:7e, it says Intel Corporate which makes sense as it’s a Intel wifi chip.
I’m not sure how it’s getting ASUS from this.
jtalty23 wrote:
I’m not sure how it’s getting ASUS from this.THAT I have no idea about**. Perhaps (wild fantasy) there is a more detailed tracking database that knows which MAC addresses have been used by vendors for specific products?
or.... I looked in the Orbi RBR50 file system* and found two files: oui.csv and oui36.csv. The internet has tons of articles about oui36.
* The older Orbi has a mechanism to enable telnet access to the router Telnet was removed from the AX products shortly after they were introduced.
Also.... Since the Orbi 'app' displays this manufacturer name in front of the custom name defined by the user and the Orbi web interface does not, my suspicion is that there is different code in the 'app' than in the router firmware.
** I still think there is nothing the user can do to alter this weird behavior.
