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Copwriter
Aug 05, 2017Tutor
Change connected device name on R7900P
The devices connected wirelessly to my R7900P router are listed mostly by MAC address alone. The device name is blank in most cases. How can I edit this field in the routerlogin.net screen so I can s...
- Jan 21, 2018
The simple name field appeared to be editable when QoS was enabled. In fact, many of the columns of data in the attached devices screen change (for unknown, and non-understandable reasons) when you enable QoS. It's really irritating and limiting. Also, the name field isn't stored with permanence in a database...it can change across reboots-which is really strange. You'd think that the device would keep a database with MAC addys in non-volatile memory, but it doesn't appear to-which is disappointing, tbh.
JamesGL
Aug 13, 2017NETGEAR Employee Retired
Hi Copwriter,
We’d greatly appreciate hearing your feedback letting us know if you need further assistance.
JamesGL
Aug 17, 2017NETGEAR Employee Retired
Hi Copwriter,
Please provide me a screenshot of the page.
- CopwriterAug 18, 2017Tutor
Here is a screenshot. I want to assign labels to the empty cells under "Device Name."
- CopwriterSep 02, 2017Tutor
Does anyone have any suggestions on how to change the device label names?
- GaWdJan 21, 2018Luminary
The simple name field appeared to be editable when QoS was enabled. In fact, many of the columns of data in the attached devices screen change (for unknown, and non-understandable reasons) when you enable QoS. It's really irritating and limiting. Also, the name field isn't stored with permanence in a database...it can change across reboots-which is really strange. You'd think that the device would keep a database with MAC addys in non-volatile memory, but it doesn't appear to-which is disappointing, tbh.