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Where are the device names located when in a telnet session?
Several of us are having issues renaming devices on our network. I want to take the GUI out and go to the source via a telnet session. So my question is - where is the device name stored so that I can purge them and maybe manually set them outside of the GUI.
Ex:
192.168.2.25
MAC Address XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
Device Model Google Home Mini
Device Name Device Type GOOGLE-HOME-MINI
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If the Orbi is on firmware 3.5.0.38, there are a plethora of posts complaining that device tables are "broken". I believe several of them tried the telnet method (and failed). (I am often incorrect, but I recommend browsing through the posts that have 2.5.0.38 in the title.)
Upon reading the post again, my response seems a bit presumptuous. It's not my place to tell someone "don't try that!!!"
There is a detailed post showing how to display what the Orbi has for device registrations, names, and types, and how to edit those into telnet commands to set them.
I actually maintain a Notepad++ file (linux, you know, not Windows) that has all my devices. When I want to do a factory reset, I can enter all of my devices in one "copy and paste".
Fearing that 2.5.0.38 has "screwed the pooch" and my telnet file will no longer work, I am thinking seriously of sitting this one out.
Thanks for the post.
V2.5.0.38
This latest FW has done some very strange things when it comes to naming devices.
Ex: See below. This is how one device is listed. Most of the others are crazy named like this too.
It's also listed later with slightly different names and a different IP.
Philips hue bridge BSB002
Dell C1765nf Color MFP
192.168.2.2
