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    firmware assigning wrong hostname to router

    Got this from the AC88U: dms_friendly_name=RT-AC68U-E938 computer_name=RT-AC68U-E938 daapd_friendly_name=RT-AC68U-E938 those last 4 are the the last 4 of the MAC of the other router, too. should be "RT-AC88U-4168" but that appears nowhere in any configs I can find. EDIT: Just saw the first...
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    firmware assigning wrong hostname to router

    They're connected via cat6 cable, LAN-WAN I believe. Since they're aimesh nodes I think DHCP settings are only applied at the top level router. I do think I may need to at the very least factory reset, I'm just really dreading setting them all up again as it's a real faff. I am only using valid...
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    firmware assigning wrong hostname to router

    really? I'm changing it in /etc/hosts on that router via ssh, editing the file in nano using the terminal that wouldn't be the hostname? it's definitely not the nickname for the MAC, if that's what you're talking about—that's a different area on the UI. Here is the change on the UI as well:
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    firmware assigning wrong hostname to router

    I didn't think I had but also - that's not totally unlikely. The .68/Basement/68U did used to be the first router in the chain. I upgraded and pushed them all down 1 level. But I've changed the hostname of the main router to "BEDROOM-ROUTER" through the UI and edited /hosts a million times...
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    firmware assigning wrong hostname to router

    Firmware: Merlin 386.11 Equipment: RT-AC88U, RT-AC68U, RTAC66U B1 (daisy chained, aimesh w ethernet backhaul) Forgive me if this is the wrong topic to post in! I'm very new to home networking, despite having created a complicated setup. I've been using GPT-4 to help me troubleshoot this issue...
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