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EX6120 Wifi Extender CANNOT change its name
Hi,
In the IP ADRESS / NAME OF DEVICE : " ******* "
Whatever the new name I m trying to give the EX6120 Wifi Extender / saving.
The original extender name will still display in Browser when...
Tks Schumaku,
for your info...as for the routers I m connecting this EX6120 to they are not Netgear Brands but rather TPLink.
I've also connected it to another TPL Model and they would all display EX6120 as the connected model device
(even after I'd try to change its name).
Therefore their is a way (???) that their DHCP list could figure the real device model name without any manual modification from me.
But as you say so, Netgear probably doesnt care much about making their "renaming" feature complete the job properly.
I wonder if all the other Neatgear Wifi extenders do suffer the same "device renaming" weakness... ?
...such as models of the Nighhawk line, any idea ?
tks
bibol wrote:
I've also connected it to another TPL Model and they would all display EX6120 as the connected model device
(even after I'd try to change its name).
Router is not not relevant...
bibol wrote:
Therefore their is a way (???) that their DHCP list could figure the real device model name without any manual modification from me.
No magic, they use the model name - hardcoded (insead of reading from the config) - for the dhcpd.