Is there a way to change the DHCP device name?

    • Autor

    I would assume that when a device requests an address via DHCP it should send its configured device name as the host name so that it's easy to find on the local network. However, this doesn't seem to happen... the host name always remains the same as it was initially ( e.g. ShellyPlus1-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, which is hardly memorable! )

    Is there a way to change this, and if not can I request this for a future firmware update please?

    Hostnames are fixed and cannot be changed. From my knowledge this is important for the Shelly App (device detection).

    But there's often a workaround:

    - many routers (such as AVM FritzBox) support changing the name of devices via internal DNS.

    - if you operate your own DNS (e.g. bind, powerDNS..) you can add CNAME alias entries.

    - computers have their own host file where you could add ip + speaking names. (/etc/hosts for Linux, c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts for Windows)

    >100 Shellies, darunter so gut wie alles was der Hersteller produziert hat. ;)
    :!: ich beantworte grundsätzlich keine Fragen per persönlicher Nachricht:!:

    • Autor

    Yes, I know that you can manually add a DNS or hosts entry but that's not a great solution - it means that a static ip needs to be assigned for every device ( either via DHCP or the device itself ) when there really shouldn't be a need, plus the name needs to be set in different places which again shouldn't be necessary. No other device on my network operates this way, and if it is indeed necessary for the app then there are more sensible ways the app can and should work!

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