Hostname population in bandwidth monitor

[ex313]

When looking at the bandwidth monitor I see all the IP's listed but the population of the host/client name is sporadic. Is there anyway to force an update to this list?

 

[EmeraldDeer]

I had the same problem. There does not seem to be a solution through the GUI.

I solved it from the command line by setting an NVRAM variable called custom_clientlist. I save it to a file, edit and then set the variable back from the file. The editing can be a little frustrating because of the format and that it is one big line.

I include this in my backups so that I can recover it after a factory default reset.

 

[andresmorago]

have had this issue since early 2018 (link to my report). never got fixed on newer asus builds. i belive merlin cant fix it. im on 384.9 and issue persists.
emeralddeer, can you please elaborate on your workaround so i can test it?

IMHO, traffic analyzer isnt worth it if i cant analyze traffic by hostname as some devices change ip's frequently

 

[EmeraldDeer]

# nvram get custom_clientlist > custom_clientlist

Edit custom_clientlist
- It is all one line
- Format is <Hostname>MAC-address>0>0>>
- The last two numbers in the format are for device type. Asus has this in a real mess. For example, I selected Windows Laptop in GUI and it became HTC One Android. Leave it alone if OK or set it to zero and zero for generic icon.

# nvram set custom_clientlist="`cat custom_clientlist`"

 

[andresmorago]

# nvram get custom_clientlist > custom_clientlist

Edit custom_clientlist
- It is all one line
- Format is <Hostname>MAC-address>0>0>>
- The last two numbers in the format are for device type. Asus has this in a real mess. For example, I selected Windows Laptop in GUI and it became HTC One Android. Leave it alone if OK or set it to zero and zero for generic icon.

# nvram set custom_clientlist="`cat custom_clientlist`"

thanks!
weird, nvram get custom_clientlist shows nothing