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How ID device from IP address?
Im interested to know what devices are on my LAN. I have several IPs that I cannot associate hardware devices for. For example, 192.168.0.18, is pingable, and I can see the MAC address for it. If I ...
In theory yes, in reality they sometimes get swept away. Often during a firmware update and certainly during a firmware default reset.
That is why you keep a list of MAC addresses and device names.
You have to physcially look for the device. Some devices do not have internal web pages that would respond to access by there IP addresses. Printers and NAS have web pages that can be accessed. Most phones and pads don't have this feature.
Netgear has set up a community forum specifically for the NightHawk RAX WiFi 6 Router products. Most of the people who watch that forum are more likely to have experience with NightHawk (WiFi6 RAX and RAXE Series) router products. Might be more likely to find someone who has a solution if the question is posted there:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Nighthawk-Routers-with-WiFi-6-AX/bd-p/en-home-routers-nighthawk-wifi-ax6
Please use this link to the main forum product list to review and choose where to make your posts.
https://community.netgear.com/t5/NETGEAR-Forum/ct-p/en-netgear
Thank you.