Patrick9876
Regular Contributor
In my RT-AC86U network map, one device - a QNAP NAS - has very strange information.
The NAS did take a very long time to initialize and probably was presenting that name and address for a while but eventually the it got used the DHCP-provided address and told the router its name in the exchange. I don't know what happened during that slow initialization, but after it's done the device cannot be reached link local address, just the DHCP provided address. Unfortunately the network display does not show either the dynamic address or the host name.
I recently (yesterday) switched from an AC87U running stock ASUS code to the AC86U running Merlin 384.14.2. I don't remember seeing this on the AC87U but I don't look at the network map very often so I might have missed it.
Is there any way to tell the router to forget the old (and now incorrect) information?
- First, the device comes and goes from the display even though it is always on.
- The icon for the device has a small "2" in it, and hovering the cursor over the "2" displays the message "2 clients are connecting to the RT-AC86U through this device".
- The displayed IP address is 169.254.5.254 - an IPv4 link local address
- The address is labeled "Static" on the detailed information display.
- The displayed device name is "QNAP Systems Inc"
The NAS did take a very long time to initialize and probably was presenting that name and address for a while but eventually the it got used the DHCP-provided address and told the router its name in the exchange. I don't know what happened during that slow initialization, but after it's done the device cannot be reached link local address, just the DHCP provided address. Unfortunately the network display does not show either the dynamic address or the host name.
I recently (yesterday) switched from an AC87U running stock ASUS code to the AC86U running Merlin 384.14.2. I don't remember seeing this on the AC87U but I don't look at the network map very often so I might have missed it.
Is there any way to tell the router to forget the old (and now incorrect) information?