Alias name for client in EAP-Controller

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Alias name for client in EAP-Controller
Alias name for client in EAP-Controller
2017-10-09 11:57:57
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Hi all,

i have a question about the EAP Controller (Version: 2.4.8).
I want to save an alias name for a client. Is there any way I can do this in the EAP Controller?
If the client has no hostname or is an android device, there isn't any difference between the clients, except the mac-address. So an alias name for a client would be wonderful.

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Re:Alias name for client in EAP-Controller
2017-10-09 18:16:34

tstock wrote


If the client has no hostname or is an android device, there isn't any difference between the clients, except the mac-address. So an alias name for a client would be wonderful.


No, the EAP controller doesn't support aliases for clients. The right place to set a client's hostname is either the client system itself or the DHCP server handing out IPs and (optionally) hostnames. As for the hostname there is no guarantee that a client requests it, but if it does it will get its name via DHCP.
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Re:Alias name for client in EAP-Controller
2017-10-10 02:05:06
Thank you for your reply. I understand the topic of hostnames. But for me it is a missing feature. With the feature it would be possible to manage clients better.So is there hope, that this feature will be implemented in newer versions?
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Re:Alias name for client in EAP-Controller
2017-10-10 04:41:10

tstock wrote

So is there hope, that this feature will be implemented in newer versions?


Only TP-Link can answer (I am not representing TP-Link, I'm a user just like you). But IMHO this feature isn't needed, since a) the hostname is displayed already if set correctly and b) the Controller is a management tool for hundreds of EAPs for deployment of hotspot systems with thousands of users. It doesn't make much sense to assign names to devices of anonymous users. In a small setup with only a limited number of users it could make sense, but then just set the hostname of those devices to see them in the controller's clients statistics.
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Re:Alias name for client in EAP-Controller
2018-01-05 02:24:04
I have a devices that are always present on my network, which have static IP mappings and DNS entries on my network. Unfortunately many of those devices don't have a good mechanism for setting/changing hostname. Would be great if there was an option to use DNS name in client listings. Don't think that is an option, unless I missed it.
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Re:Alias name for client in EAP-Controller
2019-04-05 14:10:36

Missing feature no doubt for me... seems no plans to update either...:(

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Re: Alias name for client in EAP-Controller
2019-04-07 09:08:23 - last edited 2019-04-07 09:09:13

hdmuzzillo wrote

Missing feature no doubt for me... seems no plans to update either...:(

 

As I wrote, the correct place to set hostnames is either the device itself (if you have control over it) or the DNS/DHCP service running on the router or a server (if you don't have control over the device).

 

For stationary devices it is no problem to add hostnames there - I'm doing this all the time. For non-stationary clients on a public hotspot it makes no sense to add hostnames since those devices might appear only once at all and probably will be never seen again.

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Re:Re: Alias name for client in EAP-Controller
2019-04-09 05:07:15

Tons of generic and sonoff switches I can't identify cause they won't adopt given name. I do need the alias feature in...

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2019-04-09 19:34:05

Can you explain how to set it in the router, Ihave a ubiquit ER-X. I assigned static IP's and provided a name there. It is still not visible in the Omada controller.

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2019-04-10 02:55:07

Same here, can’t make it work on my router that’s why I claim for this feature...

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Re:Alias name for client in EAP-Controller
2019-05-27 12:10:05

sorry to bring this up, but yes this feature would be great. as many IOT devices wont have a proper identificable hostname and are usually set up using DHCP so no manual registry in the router DHCP is created with a name for it.

I do not want to create a static registry for each IOT device in my DHCP (we are talking 30+ devices) This could be easily solved by a client alias in the omada controller.

 

Regards

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