How do I put a host name on my router?

Question

I have a Program on my computer that allows for live video feed from an app when I am not on the network. I have opened the port that the video system is using on the router. But i am still having trouble getting the app to connect. I was using the IP address and they told me that I should setup a dynamic host name. So... I have done that in the program but now I need to get my router to recognize the host name. How do I do this?

I hope this makes sense because it isn't quite clear to me.

Answer 1

Hmmm, my router has a configurable host name right on the initial configuration screen. Just happens to be the same as my SSID.



You need to get into your routers management, usually just put 192.168.1.1 in your browser, enter username/password and your in.

Answer 2

It depends whether the IP address your router gets on its WAN is a real public IP address directly on the internet. If that is the case, then if you properly have your dynamic DNS set up to point a name to your router WAN IP and proper port forwarding to the private IP of the video system, then it should just work without the router even knowing what name is used to access it.



However, that is not always the case. Your ISP may have you behind another NAT router, especially mobile data. Or if you have a router behind a modem/router or gateway that does NAT it gets a bit more complicated because on the modem/router or gateway you would need to forward the port to the WAN IP of the 2nd router.



Also you need to test it from the internet, not from something connected to the same LAN, because most routers do not do loopback (LAN2LAN via WAN IP) for security reasons (IP spoofing).



The name your router thinks it is does not matter, because anything other than virtual web hosting is connected to based on IP address. The name resolved to the IP is just for convenience (easier to remember). So it is primarily important that the name resolves to an IP address that is actually accessible from the internet, and that is properly forwarded in to an IP that the server responds to.

Answer 3

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If you change your hostname your mac address will still be recognisable, change that too. I don't know how to do this in Windows but on the off change you;re using linux, edit /etc/conf.d/hostname and run ifconfig wlan0 hw ether 1A:2B:3C:4D:5E:6F to change mac address. The only way you can avoid the logs however is to get the password to the router and delete them yourself, or find another way of accessing the Internet (neighbor's wifi). If there are any wep networks around they are very easy to crack, wpa not so much but you might get lucky. (Google it).

Answer 4

No i think your thinking of a repeater or extender to extend the coverage. if you set to access points up with the same SSID it will just cause interference. As for the logons they can be the same. thats just for accessing the configuration

Answer 5

That is a tricky question..