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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 cha...
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.
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.