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Illegal Host Name message after update to OS v6.8.1
After an update of the firmware to 6.8.1 we received a new message from all three of my NAS boxes: "The host name contains illegal characters. This may cause undefined behavior when using some network services. Please change the host name using only valid characters (A-Z, a-z, 0-9, -)." The host name has not changed since the install of these boxes some years ago. Also on pages 164-165 of "ReadyNAS OS 6.8 Software Manual" (the latest August 2017 202-11207-15 edition) it states: "...In most non-Asian character sets, the host name can be a maximum of 15 characters, can include only A–Z, a–z, 0–9, and _, and the first character must be alphabetic. If you use Asian language characters, the limit is lower." Here are my host names: NAS_C_516 NAS_D_516 NAS_E_716 The manual seems to allow the under score, but the error message from 6.8.1 seems to allow only the dash. And this is new behavior since 6.8.1 What's up????Solved1.3KViews0likes2Comments