Assigning Arbitary Names to Devices on the LAN
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How can I give an arbitrary name to each device on the LANsl, so that I can later see a list of all connected clients, where (even if the device's hostname is set on the device itself), I instead see the list based on the arbitrary names I've given each device.
I want to give each MAC address an Arbitrary name, and have pfSense list those device by the arbitrary name I've decided.
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You can add a description to each device that has a static DHCP mapping.
https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/services/dhcp/ipv4.html#static-mappings
Steve
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@stephenw10 So, devices without a DHCP reservation cannot be custom-described?
I'd liked the ability to set a (permanently stored) personalized description for every MAC address (even those without dhcp reservation).
And, each time I have pfSense list these devices, as connected clients, I'd want that description to be predominantly included in the table-row, right alongside IP address and MAC address.
I guess I'll just have to create more reservations than expected to achieve this in pfSense. In my opinion though, descriptions like these should be mapped to the MAC address instead of dhcp entries. Because, if you map to MAC, DHCP entries could inherit them by default anyway, and by mapping descriptions to MAC (instead of DHCP), you have the flexibility to even describe hardware that has no explicit reservation.
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There's no way to do that in pfSense currently. You could add a feature requests if there isn't onbe already: https://redmine.pfsense.org/
It would be quite a significant new feature though as it would need to be tied into quite a number things.
Steve
