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R6220 Router: Can I get a static IP device to show up in Connected Devices?
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Let's close this thread. I think I found the answer in a Linux forum: "The router gets your hostname from the dhcp request." That makes sense, explains why my static-IP Linux server never tells the router its hostname.
So, if I want to see the devices' names in the router, I need to expand DHCP to cover all addresses, and reserve (and name) the fixed addresses in ny network. No problem, and I might change some of those devices to DHCP.
Thanks for the prompt and insightful relies.
MIKEDODD wrote:
Sometimes I want to log into the router as admin and see what devices are connected.
They all show up, but two devices have static IP addresses, so their names appear as
"unknown." (My PC also has a static address, but its name shows up as well.)
I wouldn't be so sure that it is the fixed IP address that makes these thing anonymous.
Labels on attached devices are infamously unreliable and a constant cause of complaints.
I assume that you are using a browser to get into the router's controls. If this is on a Windows (or Mac) PC, I find that the desktop genie is a good way of looking at things:
genie | Product | Support | NETGEAR
You can use that to name attached devices in the Network Map.
I tried the Address Reservation screen in the router, but my static addresses are below
the dynamic range, and the router won't let me specify them.
I wonder if this could be getting in the way. But with so little detail, who knows?
Of course, the R6220 is pretty well at the bottom of Netgear's range. It shouldn't be an issue, but you'll get more control over something a bit flashier and newer than this 2016 model.
Are these unknown devices Apple OR Android by chance?
Be aware of Wifi Private IP address on Apple and Random MAC Address on Android that when enabled will cause a unknown or DEV host name device to be seen instead of a actual host device name.
You can disable these features while at home.
MIKEDODD wrote:
Sometimes I want to log into the router as admin and see what devices are connected.
They all show up, but two devices have static IP addresses, so their names appear as
"unknown." (My PC also has a static address, but its name shows up as well.)
Let's close this thread. I think I found the answer in a Linux forum: "The router gets your hostname from the dhcp request." That makes sense, explains why my static-IP Linux server never tells the router its hostname.
So, if I want to see the devices' names in the router, I need to expand DHCP to cover all addresses, and reserve (and name) the fixed addresses in ny network. No problem, and I might change some of those devices to DHCP.
Thanks for the prompt and insightful relies.
Not something that we can blame on Netgear for a change.