[NEBULA] WiFi Device Descriptions - where is the source?

HealthByRo
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Can someone shed some light on where the WiFi device descriptions are "read" from, what is the source? In particular on a Mac? And on a Windows PC? We'd like to adjust the source so that the list of devices helps us determine which computer it is. Any suggestions on where to look is appreciated.
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Hi @HealthByRo
I suppose the mac address could partially determine it.
Some web pages provide information from the mac address.
For example macvendors.com
Does it help you?
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Sorry. not exactly what I was looking for. There must be somewhere that the AP is reading that name from, and when it doesn't find it, then the MAC address is used in the description. I wanted to standardize that to something. Right now there are a few devices with something that is definitely user-entered.0
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As far as I know and based on my network, the AP and GW will try to get the hostname of the device, I guess it's from the DHCP packet. If not, it will use the MAC-address.
Cheers!"You will never walk along"1 -
Hey guys,
@RUnglaube is correct, the hostname/description you'll see in NCC is from DHCP packets, most of modern devices has it's hostname stored in DHCP packets on option 12.
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So the response is from the DHCP server? Or from the user computer?0
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AP/Gateway listens from the client device, packets from gateway won't carry the clients hostname and other attributes in them, then is reported to NCC.0
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