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Re: Android network Id

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Seymore4Head wrote on 9/1/2015 2:56 PM:
> On 1 Sep 2015 15:14:12 GMT, Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 2015-08-31, Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> wrote:
>>> My router has a Network map.
>>> Our phones show up as something like android-5foe3ac
>>> The desktops show with the names of the network paths.
>>> Is there a setting in the Android that will allow you to change the
>>> description to something useful so each phone can be IDed?
>>
>> Not without rooting each device, as far as I can tell.  This is normal
>> for Unix/Linux based systems.
>>
>> Each Android device should have a unique hostname anyway so once you
>> know this it's possible to identify which is which on your network; it
>> should also have a unique MAC of course, which your router should also
>> display.
>>
>> If you have access to the Android device, install "WhatsMyIP for
>> Android" by Neofrontier Technologies or "What is my IP address" by
>> Webprovider or other such app and run it to discover that device's
>> current LAN and public IP numbers - then it's very easy to identify the
>> device on your LAN.
>>
>> I think some routers allow you to add a note or label to particular
>> devices.
>
> I had already figured out that the Android wireless setup will display
> what IP address it uses.  It seems to be the same one every time for
> my phone.  I don't know if the other devices stay the same, but they
> do seem to.
>
> Thanks
>
I've done port forwarding in my router and have referenced a device by it's name not IP.  And even though the IP changes 
due to DNS re-assignment in the router, the port forwarding still follows to the new IP.   Which of course is a great 
feature.

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Android network Id Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2015-08-31 16:02 -0400
  Re: Android network Id Big Al <Big_al@invalid.com> - 2015-08-31 16:52 -0400
  Re: Android network Id Nil <rednoise9@REMOVETHIScomcast.net> - 2015-08-31 18:06 -0400
    Re: Android network Id Mike Yetto <unet.lighthouse@xoxy.net> - 2015-08-31 18:26 -0400
      Re: Android network Id lew <citrustwosac@google.mailer.company.invalid> - 2015-09-01 02:09 +0000
        Re: Android network Id Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2015-09-01 14:26 -0400
  Re: Android network Id Anonymous <nobody@remailer.paranoici.org> - 2015-09-01 07:54 +0000
    Re: Android network Id Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2015-09-01 14:29 -0400
      Re: Android network Id Nil <rednoise9@REMOVETHIScomcast.net> - 2015-09-01 17:40 -0400
        Re: Android network Id Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2015-09-01 17:44 -0400
          Re: Android network Id Nil <rednoise9@REMOVETHIScomcast.net> - 2015-09-01 19:04 -0400
  Re: Android network Id Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2015-09-01 15:14 +0000
    Re: Android network Id Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2015-09-01 14:56 -0400
      Re: Android network Id Big Al <Big_al@invalid.com> - 2015-09-01 16:00 -0400
    Re: Android network Id Bob Martin <bob.martin@excite.com> - 2015-09-02 09:17 +0100
      Re: Android network Id Nil <rednoise9@REMOVETHIScomcast.net> - 2015-09-02 08:08 -0400
        Re: Android network Id Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2015-09-02 18:17 +0000
          Re: Android network Id lew <citrustwosac@google.mailer.company.invalid> - 2015-09-02 19:51 +0000

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