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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...
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.
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.
Thanks much for that answer. Enabing QoS allowed me to edit and rename the devices that were missing names. I posted this question five months ago, but yours was the first response that did anything to solve the problem.
I found that with QoS enabled I got all those nifty whiz-bang features like naming and whatnot, but it caused my VoIP phone and conference call services to hang up and disconnect. So I ended up reverting, unfortunately.
Too bad, too-I'm the perfect candidate for it with my many devices and limited bandwidth.
Good luck!