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esullano
Jan 10, 2023Aspirant
CAX30 Nighthawk cable modem/router - Devices not showing any name.
Anyone know why some of my wired devices are not showing any names? My cable modem/router is connected to a Cisco Switch and prior to today's power outage, all wired devices had some sort of compute...
michaelkenward
Jan 10, 2023Guru - Experienced User
esullano wrote:
.... prior to today's power outage, all wired devices had some sort of computer name so I could identify what device was connected.
Did you reboot the whole network as expected?
Be sure to restart your network in this sequence:
- Turn off and unplug modem.
- Turn off router and computers.
- Plug in and turn on modem. Wait 2 minutes for it to connect.
- Turn on the router and wait 2 minutes for it to connect.
- Turn on computers and rest of network.
- esullanoJan 10, 2023Aspirant
I'll give this a try!