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I have just purchased a RAX50-100EUS and downloaded the V1.0.15.128_2.089 firmware. the first problem I found is if I change the router name in device name area of set up it is not carried to intern...
Thanks for a quick reply.
I did not try with the default IP address's as I have been using the 90.90.90.1 with the Netgear D7000 for years and wanted to keep things as they were, ( as I am going away and wanted to leave the house network as is but with a new router as the D7000 after so many years is getting slightly intermitent.)
I changed the IP address to 90.90.90.1 applied it then relogged into the router again before trying to set my the device number allocation.
When I went to add the first device the router had already added the PC I was using to edit the configuration it was added fully correctly with IP address PC Name In UPPER case letters and the correct MAC address.
when I tied to add a second device using again upper case letters when it was applied the item appeared in the list but instead of the device name it had repeated the IP address but the MAC number was correct. after I tried to add some more devices out of the 10 devices I added only one had the correct Name in the Name box the rest had the IP address repeated in that name field.
I did not notice which firmware version was loaded in the router when delivered, but I then down load V1.0.12.120_2.0.83 but that made no difference. so i downloaded and installed V1.0.15.128_2.0.89 and that also made no difference.
With the firmware installed when delivered, I Did notice the that configuration showed the wrong MAC number for the router as the last pair of letters was AD and not AC as per the box it arrived in. In all three versions when I changed the device name in the LAN part and then checked again in the WAN part the name had not changed but when I pressed edit the device name I had changed to was present but could not be saved. Thanks again Alan
I'd be sure there is no special characters is the device naming. Try removing underscores (_) from between names. Try using a dash if needed (-).
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You'll need to try the default 192.168 IP address subnet as well. The one you had been using may not work on newer generation routers.
As for device name the names are very simple no special characters no spaces I even tried both only upper case as the system auto entered for the device that I was editing the configure by, I also tried lower case only (just in case) like NABPC and nabpc.
It was just the once that the details I entered that arrived in the list just as I had entered them but the RAX50 Will be going back as I no longer have time to find a fix before I have to leave the country for work and will not be back in time to return it before the return dead line date.
Thanks anyway