add friendly name IP address to the entity

[sevagjb]

It will be very easy if you add friendly name the IP addresses to the entities then we can sort it smoothly,
i like to hear from you if that is possible

Thanks a lot its already very useful add-one

[vmakeev]

Hi!

Which entities exactly do you mean?

[sevagjb]

Greeting my friend, in HA i get all the connected devices as entities, it naemd with the mac addresses as entity ID it will be very useful if you can add the ip address to the entity also as friendly name Thanks

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On Wed, Feb 15, 2023 at 12:07 PM Vladimir Makeev ***@***.***> wrote: Hi! Which entities exactly do you mean? — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#44 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ANQLRWU4E47S7JPEGSR7CP3WXS2FTANCNFSM6AAAAAAU4WEOVQ> . You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.*** com>

[vmakeev]

I think I understand what you're talking about.

Currently, the friendly name, like the entity identifier, is taken from the name of the connected device in the router itself.

If the device name is not assigned in the router, the integration tries to get the HostName of the device itself. And only if this attempt does not lead to anything, then it generates a name and Id according to the template device_<MAC_ADDRESS>

Renaming devices in the router's web interface is quite simple, you will need exactly three mouse clicks:

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Result:

Using IP addresses for the display name of entities does not seem quite correct: IP addresses can be dynamic, and the same entity may have a different name at different times, although no renaming should have been done on your part

[sevagjb]

Ok, thanks. i already busy in renaming my devices

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On Thu, Feb 16, 2023 at 5:44 AM Vladimir Makeev ***@***.***> wrote: I think I understand what you're talking about. Currently, the friendly name, like the entity identifier, is taken from the name of the connected device in the router itself. If the device name is not assigned in the router, the integration tries to get the HostName of the device itself. And only if this attempt does not lead to anything, then it generates a name and Id according to the template device_<MAC_ADDRESS> Renaming devices in the router's web interface is quite simple, you will need exactly three mouse clicks: [image: image] <https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/13693034/219270398-0a950447-d061-4327-b752-8801e24a0055.png> [image: image] <https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/13693034/219270413-be70cd04-4fd7-4490-b375-718c38271d7b.png> Using IP addresses for the display name of entities does not seem quite correct: IP addresses can be dynamic, and the same entity may have a different name at different times, although no renaming should have been done on your part — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#44 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ANQLRWR2EHJ52O23Q3LMPI3WXWWDPANCNFSM6AAAAAAU4WEOVQ> . You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.*** com>

[vmakeev]

Nice :)

Let me know if there are any difficulties or inconveniences when working with integration