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R7000: Device Name / Access Control
I'm not sure if this is a bug or a feature. Mind you, this is exactly the bug/feature I was searching for in the R7000. I've a R7000 at F/W 1.0.5.48_1.1.79. The inability to assign device na...
Yes you are right ARP doest get the host/device name but tool allows to have a handy name the we can used to remember. It doesnt change the way we connect or any functionality. As the details are stored in accordance with MAC filter. So as IP Reservation. ACL have it own DB but IP Reservation sometimes doesnt cache even the QOS by device doesnt cache the same name instead the actual ANDROID_abcd etc
ACL tool just adds tagging kind of which used to be refered even after reboot i dont think so if it flushs so that every time user needs to add .
shadowsports,
Re: "[...] but at some point one or more of the devices reverts."
Would you have expected me to see the same after a month?
If so, then something is really odd here.
Just for the record, here's my spotty understanding of things:
ARP is used to get device names.
Device Names are stored in ARP cache.
Names from a device are from NETBIOS / hostname (if samba.conf not configured) / SAMBA.
ARP cache periodically flushed (minutes? hours? weeks?).
ARP Device Name cache is what is displayed in Attached Devices / Access Control list.
Questions:
If ARP cache peridically flushed, and cached names displayed in Conneted Devices / Access Control list,
why does a tool exsist to edit device names in access control list?
Should I expect names to revert after reboot / power cycle?
(I am still waiting for the names I changed on the R7000 2 months ago to revert.)
Oh yes,
and Merry Christmas everyone!
Yes you are right ARP doest get the host/device name but tool allows to have a handy name the we can used to remember. It doesnt change the way we connect or any functionality. As the details are stored in accordance with MAC filter. So as IP Reservation. ACL have it own DB but IP Reservation sometimes doesnt cache even the QOS by device doesnt cache the same name instead the actual ANDROID_abcd etc
ACL tool just adds tagging kind of which used to be refered even after reboot i dont think so if it flushs so that every time user needs to add .
mondenath,
Re: "ACL tool just adds tagging kind of which used to be refered even after reboot i dont think so if it flushs so that every time user needs to add ."
Yes. That is exactly what I am observing. The tagging works for me... as long as i keep in mind that it may not be the actual device name.
I mean... if the tagging hasn't changed in two months, after at least 3 power cycles & 36 reboots (for an unrelated issue),
I guess it will be persistent until I edit it differently.
And a sincere "Thank You!" for helping me understand.
I guess we're done here.
R7000 @ V1.0.5.48_1.1.79 is working fine for me,
device names & all.