06-01-2024 05:48 PM - edited 06-01-2024 06:21 PM
Hi. I have received my new Smart Hub and connected it. It doesn't seem to resolve the hostnames on my internal network correctly. The old hub worked perfectly fine in that regard. I have 2 machines connected via ethernet - one is a desktop PC and the second is a NAS box. They are resolved as "host_1" and "host_2".
Is this a bug? I tried changing the name to something else and restarting both the NAS and the router, but it just doesn't resolve the name and it always lists it as host_1 and host_2 regardless.
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OK, this is happening whenever I assign a static IP address in these hosts ip configuration. When I use DHCP, regardless of "always use this IP" setting on the router, they are always reported as host_1 and host_2.
06-01-2024 07:39 PM
I have the same problem with my new Smart Hub. The older model worked perfectly fine, but I just got a new one and the machines connected via Ethernet are recognised as host_1, host_2 etc.
Wireless devices are picked up correctly.
06-01-2024 07:39 PM
It's worked fine on the previous model though without hosts file edits. Is this a "feature" of this new Smart Hub?
06-01-2024 09:15 PM
@rootsrat : It's a diff issue.
06-01-2024 10:15 PM
@rootsrat alas it seems someone deemed it a good idea for some obscure reason to separate your original post and another reply to a post and start a new thread, which now does not seem to help your initial enquiry!
That said, it is not so much of a router function, but more likely to be just a discovery thing from your network devices.
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06-01-2024 10:36 PM - edited 06-01-2024 10:53 PM
@Mustrum : There are 2 separate issues:
The OP of this thread is the OP's very own. Only the 2 replies were moved back here as they don't relate to the year old issue.
06-01-2024 10:54 PM
@XRaySpeX sorry you seem to have missed the point of my earlier post, the edits that were made now make little sense to anyone trying to help the OP.
06-01-2024 10:59 PM
@Mustrum : Rubbish! I've addressed the point you expressed in your post. I see no other point. Perhaps you care to spell it out. This thread is the OP's own. You seem to imply it isn't!
06-01-2024 11:46 PM
"This thread is about NEW EE BB using the Smart Hub+. Here the OP cannot even see the correct device names in the router but instead some anon aliases. This is a separate & known issue & I understand that device naming is intended to be done in the MyEE app under WiFi Controls, which as we all know doesn't work at all well!
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So you're saying I can change the device names in a moblie application, but not in the router UI? Seriously? Where exactly is that option please? I can't find it in the app (but then again there is a Manage tab, which just says I can't view it. Maybe it's there?). And why would it be in "Wi Fi" options, if the issue is with Ethernet connected devices? Sweet Jeebus... Who designs this stuff?
07-01-2024 01:54 AM - edited 07-01-2024 01:57 AM
That's the theory! It supposed under the Manage tab > WiFi Controls. God only knows! More so whichever mgr gave them the remit to config much of the router settings from an app necessitating a smartphone which not every user may have or wish to use for config'ing a router.