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Devices

The Devices page shows all devices that have connected to your router, organized into Online (currently connected) and Offline (previously seen) groups. Each device is associated with a Security Profile based on its point of entry.

Devices appear here even without an active DHCP lease: devices with static IPs, IPv6-only devices, and devices connected through an external switch (learned from the bridge forwarding table) are all listed. Names are resolved on the router from the device’s hostname, with mDNS/Bonjour used as a fallback to recover a friendly name. Some devices never share a name at all — Chromebooks deliberately withhold theirs, and many IoT gadgets can’t send one; these are labeled by their operating system (recognized from how they request a network address), e.g. Windows device (3af2b1), or by their hardware vendor, e.g. Apple device (3af2b1), falling back to a generic device-3af2b1 only when nothing identifies them. Assigning your own name always overrides any of these.

Viewing Devices

Navigate to Network > Devices to see the device list. A search box above the list filters it as you type. Each entry shows:

  • Name — The device’s hostname or a custom name you have assigned. Click to open the device detail page.
  • Connection — How the device connects: Ethernet, Wi-Fi 2.4GHz, Wi-Fi 5GHz, or VPN.
  • Security Profile — The Security Profile the device is assigned to.
  • MAC address — The device’s unique hardware identifier.
  • IP address — The device’s IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. A lock icon indicates a reserved (static) IPv4 address. The IPv6 address is shown only while the device is confirmed to still be using it, so the field is empty for a device that has dropped its IPv6 address or has none.
  • Data and Speed — Cumulative data usage and real-time upload/download speed for online devices.

Device Detail Page

Click a device name to open its detail page:

  • Summary — Displays the device’s current status (online/offline), connection type, Security Profile, IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, and real-time upload/download speed.

  • Data Usage — A chart showing historical upload and download over time. Use the dropdown to select a time period: Last Week (7 days), Last 30 Days, or Last 3 Months (90 days). Usage history survives firmware updates.

  • Name — Edit the custom display name for this device. If left empty, the device’s hostname is used. Saving shows a brief spinner and a confirmation, then refreshes from the router so the displayed name always matches the saved state.

  • Reserve — Toggle on to assign a fixed IPv4 address that persists across reboots. Enter the desired address within the device’s profile subnet. Useful for servers, printers, NAS devices, or any device that needs a consistent address. If you change the reserved address, the device picks up the new one the next time it requests an address from the router — reconnecting or rebooting the device usually applies it right away; otherwise it can take up to 12 hours, and the interface reminds you of this when you save. While an enabled Published Ports rule uses the device’s IPv4 address, the Reserve toggle is locked. IPv6 addresses cannot be reserved: each device chooses its own IPv6 address (via SLAAC), so the router has no say in it — the IPv6 field is shown for reference only, and IPv6 published-port rules follow the device’s current address instead.

  • Allow automatic port forwarding — Under Permissions. Off by default. Toggle on to let this device open and renew its own port forwards using the standard UPnP and PCP protocols. Used by StartOS servers (which configure themselves automatically), game consoles, and similar devices. See Automatic port forwarding.

  • Forget — Remove an offline device from the list. Custom name, reserved IP settings, and the device’s cached name are lost, and any automatic port forwards it holds are closed. If the device reconnects, it will appear as a new entry.

Tip

Reserve an IPv4 address for any device you plan to use with Published Ports. IPv4 port forwarding rules require a stable address to ensure traffic always reaches the correct device (publishing a port reserves one automatically).

Note

Forgetting a device only removes it from the list. If the device reconnects, it will reappear. To prevent a device from accessing the network, delete the Wi-Fi password or Inbound VPN client it uses to connect.