Hi, I have three "dumb AP's" running OpenWRT (and OpenWRT router as well). It works fine but I would love to be able to see host name in the list of associated stations when I log into AP. Currently, it only shows MAC addresses so I need to look up the list of MAC to know what the device is. Can I …

Here's a simple way to solve this problem. Install fping and edit rc.local to fping each ip in the sub-net at startup. Means slightly slower boot-up... Install fping opkg update opkg install fping edit rc.local to include: fping -g 192.168.1.0/24 exit 0 Works for me!

Associated stations list in AP, how to show host names?

Installing and Using OpenWrt Network and Wireless Configuration

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First of all the dumbAPs need to use the router as DNS.
But that is not enough as the dumbAPs are not involved in any communication with the hosts, so they don't build their arp table with the necessary data.
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