Luci-rpc "getHostHints" source of hostnames

Installing and Using OpenWrt
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I have clear that the information for this method comes from several sources, as indicated here

From my tests, I could verify that IPv4 addresses are determinated from the dhcp leases information and ARP table, while IPv6 from IPv6 neighrbors table and dhcpv6 leases.

Regarding the hostnames (which is the parameter "name"), they are obtained by dhcp leases information but also from at least another source which I am not sure which is it, because I was working over a dumb AP device, which is not a dhcp server, and sometimes the parameter "name" is filled for some devices with its hostname.

So, I want to know which are the possible sources to fill this field. Finding them could lead to an alternative to find all the hostnames of the devices in the network without depend on being the dhcp server (like an arp-scan works to find all the ipv4 addresses on the network)

Any suggestions on this would be welcome

Thanks!

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Dumb ap has no source of ip addresses

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I don't understand the purpose of your comment, at least it requires you to explain it because if you want to say that it is "impossible" for a "dumb AP" to discover IP addresses and hostnames associated with MAC addresses, then you are very wrong. First, because of the mechanisms that I already explained that work in this post, not to mention others that I use to do active device discovery.

Anyway, my question is about the sources of information that getHostHints takes in particular, not the methods in general to get to said information.