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shadowdiver
Aspirant
Feb 02, 2020
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Nighthawk R8500 - Cannot rename device

I have roughly 40 devices attached to my router.  I have been able to rename all my attached devices but starting at about device 38 or so, I have been unable to rename new devices.  I can rename devices I had already re-named but no new devices.  I noticed the the UI looks radically different than devices I had previously named.  When I attempt to rename a new device, the fields right justified and the UI doesnt show the Mac address or IP whereas devices I had previously named the fields are left justified and show all the fields including the device IP and Mac address. 

 

I am running the latest firmware version v 1.0.2.130.

 

I have no interest in performing a factory reset.  I did reload the firmware, rebooted etc but no change.  This is troublesome as I want to know exactly what devices I have authorized to attached.  I also have a range extender and some devices float betweem the routers and show up with different Mac addresses and therefore show up as a new device - very challenging to keep track of.  

 

I have noteed others have had similiar issues on other devices and appears the fix is a firmware update.  

 

Anyone having a similiar issue and is it possibly related to the number of devices attached and renamed? The R8500 can handle 96 devices so I have not hit any physical limitations. 

 

 

 

Thanks!

  • I installed the app and it let me change the name but the names kept resetting.  I finally gave up and factory reset the router.  Took a couple of hours to reset all the devices on the network but the renaming issues seems to be resolved. 

5 Replies

  • DarrenM's avatar
    DarrenM
    Sr. NETGEAR Moderator

    Have you tried to do this on the Nighthawk app?

     

    DarrenM

    • shadowdiver's avatar
      shadowdiver
      Aspirant

      I installed the app and it let me change the name but the names kept resetting.  I finally gave up and factory reset the router.  Took a couple of hours to reset all the devices on the network but the renaming issues seems to be resolved. 

    • shadowdiver's avatar
      shadowdiver
      Aspirant

      Thanks for you reply.  Yes but it didnt work.  Ended up factory resetting the router.