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Author Topic: Assigning names to connected devices  (Read 2269 times)

david_uk

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Assigning names to connected devices
« on: March 30, 2011, 12:45:42 AM »
Hi,

I'm using MAC address filtering on my network, and have no problem adding new devices as and when we purchase them. However, a lot of these items such as smart phones with wi-fi, Kindles etc don't seem to have a name that identifies them on the device info page. All of our laptops and desktops are idtentified, but none of the phones etc.

Is it possible to assign names to MAC addresses at all? I like to know who is connected.

Many thanks
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Hard Harry

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Re: Assigning names to connected devices
« Reply #1 on: March 30, 2011, 01:08:55 AM »
Yes. You just need to make DHCP Reservations for each device with no name (or just do them all, makes connections more stable). I assume you know your way around the router's gateway, so I will skip the simple stuff. You want to go to

Setup > Network Setup > ADD DHCP RESERVATION > Will look like this.

Click on "Reserve" next to the device's MAC, fill in the Device name of your choice, pick a number between 100 through 199 and then click on Save. Rinse and repeat. Done.
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