Dear Srs.,
how can I assign a hostname/identity/name to a MAC address device that connects through any way (wireless/cable/hotspot and etc) to the routerboard?
I’d like to see easily some known hostnames that are connected to the mikrotik, instead of MAC address
I have a 951Ui-2hnd
Thanks in advance
Igor
Are you using DHCP? Making static entries on DHCP and DNS would help for that.
Yes I am. I’ve tried to include some leases, but did not work. I’ve included “samsung host” and its MAC address, but when I connected, it uses another IP …
leases.jpg
Am I doing something wrong?
I’m afraid so, mac should be the real host mac…
To make static entries, right click one of those entries (use winbox) and select “Make static”. Note the ip address (or set it to whichever you want). Add a comment to the entry, e.g. Samsung S6 Igor.
If you now sort by Status in the DHCP Server > Leases tab, you’ll see devices connected, their IPs and the comment so you could instantly identify them.
This is a practical way to have your network setup centralized, while having known, fixed IPs for the devices, and at the same time having the setup minimally “documented”.
So far I’ve been keeping
/ip dhcp-server lease print
# ADDRESS MAC-ADDRESS HOST-NAME SERVER RATE-LIMIT STATUS
0 ;;; Room 18 wifi router
192.168.88.20 70:4F:57:A4:B1:AA TL-WR840N DHCP1 bound
1 D 192.168.88.251 30:9C:23:2C:75:B8 POS DHCP1 bound
output in one window while looking at
/log print
or
/interface wireless registration-table print
output.
But it is super annoying to try to look up hostnames by MAC address just by using eyes and fingers to find the same MAC in the other window. And the more MAC addresses you have in your logs the harder it gets. It has been bugging me from day 1 since I started using Mikrotik products.
But I guess so far it’s the best method, right?
Would you like to see the first or the second row in your logs:
11:43:06 wireless,info CC:25:EF:01:36:A7@wlan1: disconnected, group key exchange timeout
11:43:06 wireless,info CC:25:EF:01:36:A7(Johns-iPhone)@wlan1: disconnected, group key exchange timeout
Maybe something like this would do ?
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# INTERFACE RADIO-NAME MAC-ADDRESS AP SIGNAL-STRENGTH TX-RATE UPTIME
0 ;;; iPhone B
wlan1 00:6D:52:XX:XX:XX no -64dBm@18Mbps 72.2... 3d5h44m34s
1 ;;; Asus Y
wlan1 38:B1:DB:XX:XX:XX no -47dBm@1Mbps 14.4... 2d3h26m16s
2 ;;; TPAD2 N
wlan2 D4:6D:6D:XX:XX:XX no -53dBm@6Mbps 433.... 6h9m21s
3 ;;; Redmi Y
wlan1 38:A4:ED:XX:XX:XX no -42dBm@6Mbps 72.2... 1h41m32s
4 ;;; iPhone N
wlan1 54:72:4F:XX:XX:XX no -66dBm@1Mbps 72.2... 1h3m29s
Hi, and sorry for waking an old thread, but I stumbled on a way to identify every MACaddress, the easy way for dummies.,
If you use Kid Control , and make one kid named for example: “#Admin/System”, you can copy all MACaddresses not belong to any kid in there and give them a comprehensible name.
That way you’ll also minimize any “unknown” devices floating around not supposed to be there. Kids are very clever and can lend somebodys spare phone or use vpn on a pc (that creates a new MACaddress) - and you’ll have pretty good control over what is what.
At the moment I have 17 devices in admin/system and no unknown devices, oh and 8 kids with more than one device each…besides devices that are for all kids, like xboxes/wiuu/chromecasts and so on…made a special “kid” for those too.
EDIT: And I forgot to say that I don’t use the downtime timer on those other “kids” because that would interrupt the whole network, so every weekday hours must be set at “00:00:00-1d 00:00:00”
Yes it would, as long as it can be used on public wifi where new devices come and old ones go forever by the hour.