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glass.onion
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 12, 2024 4:31    Post subject: Nicknaming IP addresses Reply with quote
I have a large number of devices connected to my network to the point that its a nightmare to differentiate between them.

Is it possible to provide a nickname of any suggestions other than to write them down on a list to simply this?
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lexridge
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 12, 2024 4:41    Post subject: Reply with quote
Well, this all depends. Are they dhcp devices or static IPs, or static dhcp? Do you have mDNS/Avahi enabled in the Services tab? Maybe you just need a Spreadsheet or a /etc/hosts file? No way to know. You need to provide more information.
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glass.onion
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 12, 2024 11:52    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks lexridge, the answers to those questions are still beyond my understanding but I decided to dive in deep with DD-WRT with the intention of learning and read up on what you are asking.

Whilst I don't understand everything there is to know about DD-WRT, I love the features that my default router is missing.
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 12, 2024 12:10    Post subject: Reply with quote
glass.onion wrote:
Thanks lexridge, the answers to those questions are still beyond my understanding but I decided to dive in deep with DD-WRT with the intention of learning and read up on what you are asking.

Whilst I don't understand everything there is to know about DD-WRT, I love the features that my default router is missing.


You can give those a names as they are bound with their mac address...so, as lexridge said
give those devices a static lease @ services page..add new lease or add those via DNSmasq advanced options box..bear in mind for some odd reason some devices may not appear with their names @ statistics page, even if you give them a name...also names must not contain intervals or dots, commas and other special characters..
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TP-Link WR740Nv1 ---DD-WRT 58184 WAP
TP-Link WR1043NDv2 -DD-WRT 58730 Gateway/DoT,Forced DNS,Ad-Block,Firewall,x4VLAN,VPN
TP-Link WR1043NDv2 -Gargoyle OS 1.15.x AP,DNS,QoS,Quotas
Qualcomm-Atheros
Netgear XR500 --DD-WRT 58694 Gateway/DoT,Forced DNS,AP Isolation,4VLAN,Ad-Block,Firewall,Vanilla
Netgear R7800 --DD-WRT 58730 Gateway/DoT,AD-Block,Forced DNS,AP&Net Isolation,x3VLAN,Firewall,Vanilla
Netgear R9000 --DD-WRT 58689 Gateway/DoT,AD-Block,AP Isolation,Firewall,Forced DNS,x2VLAN,Vanilla
Dynalink DL-WRX36-DDWRT 58730
Broadcom
Netgear R7000 --DD-WRT 58627 Gateway/SmartDNS/DoT,AD-Block,IPsetFirewall,Forced DNS,x3VLAN,VPN
NOT USING 5Ghz ANYWHERE
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lexridge
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 12, 2024 15:33    Post subject: Reply with quote
You can add static leases to the DNSMasq Additional Options box using this syntax:
Code:
dhcp-host=AE:CA:06:01:D6:DC,GarageCam01,10.5.0.50,infinite
dhcp-host=A4:DA:22:35:BB:99,DafangCamera,10.5.0.55,infinite

Infinite can be changed to a number in seconds as well (ie 3600), if you do not want infinite leases.
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- Linksys EA8500: I-Gateway, WAP/VAP 5ghz only. Features: WDS-AP, VLANs, Samba, WG, Entware - r58662
- Linksys EA8500: 802.11s Secondary w/VLAN Trunk - r58662
- Linksys MX4300: 802.11s Primary w/VLAN Trunk over 5ghz. 2.4ghz WAP/VAP only - r58662
- Linksys MX4300 (WAP/VAP (7)) Multiple VLANs over single trunk port. Entware/Samba r58662
- Linksys MR7350: Testing r58662
- Linksys Velop WHW03v1 x2: OpenWRT w/GRETAP tunnel for VLANs on VAPs
- OSes: Fedora 39, 9 RPis (2,3,4,5), 20 ESP8266s: Straight from Amiga to Linux in '95, never having owned a Windows PC.

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Alozaros
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 13, 2024 6:24    Post subject: Reply with quote
lexridge wrote:
You can add static leases to the DNSMasq Additional Options box using this syntax:
Code:
dhcp-host=AE:CA:06:01:D6:DC,GarageCam01,10.5.0.50,infinite
dhcp-host=A4:DA:22:35:BB:99,DafangCamera,10.5.0.55,infinite

Infinite can be changed to a number in seconds as well (ie 3600), if you do not want infinite leases.


you can even use without time or infinite, so those will be not counted Razz

dhcp-host=AE:CA:06:01:D6:DC,GarageCam01,10.5.0.50
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TP-Link WR740Nv1 ---DD-WRT 58184 WAP
TP-Link WR1043NDv2 -DD-WRT 58730 Gateway/DoT,Forced DNS,Ad-Block,Firewall,x4VLAN,VPN
TP-Link WR1043NDv2 -Gargoyle OS 1.15.x AP,DNS,QoS,Quotas
Qualcomm-Atheros
Netgear XR500 --DD-WRT 58694 Gateway/DoT,Forced DNS,AP Isolation,4VLAN,Ad-Block,Firewall,Vanilla
Netgear R7800 --DD-WRT 58730 Gateway/DoT,AD-Block,Forced DNS,AP&Net Isolation,x3VLAN,Firewall,Vanilla
Netgear R9000 --DD-WRT 58689 Gateway/DoT,AD-Block,AP Isolation,Firewall,Forced DNS,x2VLAN,Vanilla
Dynalink DL-WRX36-DDWRT 58730
Broadcom
Netgear R7000 --DD-WRT 58627 Gateway/SmartDNS/DoT,AD-Block,IPsetFirewall,Forced DNS,x3VLAN,VPN
NOT USING 5Ghz ANYWHERE
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Stubby DNS over TLS I DNSCrypt v2 by mac913
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