How do I rename devices under "Your Products"?

[iimichaelv]

How do I rename devices under "Your Products" list?

[schumaku]

AFAIK you can't - why ever, they don't use the device name as configured on the router, instead they ue a hard-coded product designation.

[schumaku]

Thank you @iimichaelv  ... there would be a lot of issues which should be reported and enhanced. This one I've tried to escalate several times already, no luck, unheard...

[iimichaelv]

wow. any place where we can submit feature requests?

[schumaku]

The only public one I'm aware of is here in the community -> Idea Exchange for Home

[michaelkenward]

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@schumaku wrote:

...why ever, they don't use the device name as configured on the router

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Or in MyNetgear, which is, after all, the "gateway" for remote control.

[schumaku]

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@michaelkenward wrote:

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@schumaku wrote:

...why ever, they don't use the device name as configured on the router

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Or in MyNetgear, which is, after all, the "gateway" for remote control.

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Well, even on the local connection, the device name as configured isn't used in the Nighthawk nor the Genie App - while it is used (finally, anfter a lot of pressure - for a long time it always showed R9000 hard coded here!) for the UPnP SSDP announcement, optionally for the ReadyShare (there is a prompt while renaimg to make it the same), ...