Device auto-rename conventions

[Stuart Trusty]

Greetings,

I am noticing that when I use openwisp-config-openssl - 0.4.5-2 from OpenWRT and have no files or config changes to distribute to the routers- that when the devices check in, they have their device names on the router changed to something that seems very arbitrary to me and that I did not solicit.  I am using some code that is married to my original device names- can someone explain the reasoning here, and/or document what the devices are going to be renamed to so I can use those moving forward, or tell me how this can be disabled and if it is necessary?

Thank you,

Stuart

[Federico Capoano]

If the name of the device is not changed before registration, when the device registers it will rename itself to its mac-address, eg: "11-BB-22-CC-33-DD", this happens only when the device registers, after the device is registered there's no automatic renaming.

Fed

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[Stuart Trusty]

hi Federico,

I am talking about changing internal device names like wlan0 or lan0, etc. in the router config.

Thank you,

Stuart

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[Federico Capoano]

Ok, so I have not understood the problem, are you referring to the fact that the interface names on the router look weird to you?

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