Super feature request: Torch with names

RouterOS General
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I find Torch an extremely useful diagnosis utility. I frequently use it to troubleshoot problems areas in our network, especially relating to traffic issues, worm detection, flow of protocols, etc.

It’s useful to see all the IP addresses scrolling up and down, and even more useful to do a sort by protocol, IP address, etc.

However, when you have a very large number of hosts, or your network is very busy, it can be a real challenge to see who’s doing what.

My suggestion is to supply a simple text interface to add, edit, and remove names associated with host IP addresses. This will provide a textual representation of the traffic flowing through the network which will help one to identify problem areas even quicker and easier. I’m sure (I hope!) it should be relatively easy to implement.

kind regards,
Eugene

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Very good idea m8

Cheers…

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Wouldn’t a reverse DNS be able to provide this text? Might be a more useful feature than some random text field.

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The text must not be random. A user should be able to add what ever they want, such as:

196.25.207.5/32 = Our e-mail Server
165.155.123.23/32 = Google Server #1
etc.

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I use DHCP Leases to keep notes who is who. I have entries for each computerin network, regardless it uses DHCP or not. That is actually, the only place I can use fr the purpose. It could be used for automatic identification too. It is gogod since tehre are both IP and MAC belonging to user, so it is possible toidentify even in situations when MAC info is available.

Yes, I would like to have option to see some custom info abut each IP or MAC wherever they are shown.