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EX8000 - Wrong device name
Hello,
I updated my device (EX8000) with the last firmware V1.0.1.180.
Since this update, most of the devices names are very strange.
I made a reset and it's the ...
Hello,
The devices in the router are well named.
I already renamed some devices but there is no link with my issue.
The name received by my EX8000 seems to be send by the devices themselves and not by the router.
I only updated the firmware and nothing else. It was working fine before this firmware.
Yann.
Hello,
I also have the same issue as the creator of this thread. This issue did not happen until the latest firmware update. I have tried renaming the hostnames on the devices, restarting the router, DNS and DHCP servers. I tried power cycling the extender, factory resetting the extender & tried reflashing the firmware with no luck. Some device names are showing properly, while once known devices are now displaying as unknown. Identical devices with almost identical hostnames may or may not show as unknown. (For example: my wife's galaxy will show the proper hostname as my galaxy will show unknown. Both phones are galaxyS9+) If it helps, my router is a Netgear X10 with the latest firmware. Could someone please investigate this issue?