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nsimon · 01-06-2023

I have replaced a PC on my network with a different PC on the same IP address and when I attempt to create port forwarding to go to the new PC it creates it using the MAC address of the old device (despite selecting the new device). This is only a pr...

nsimon · 01-02-2023

I am unable to change the name of a device to the desired name (which had been used before for a different device) as I get the following error message:Device name couldn't be updated. Another device exists with the same name.The old device doesn't e...

nsimon · 01-19-2023

Additionally, I have now tried to do the same thing on a chromebook and had the same error. The Wifi router has been rebooted since this problem first arose. The issue persists.

nsimon · 01-19-2023

I am using a Pixel 4A. I am not going to uninstall and reinstall the Home app and have to deal with all that is involved to address a bug in the app. No I have not tried using a different device, but again it is still a bug in the app that should be ...

nsimon · 01-07-2023

I found that I had an old entry in the DHCP IP Reservations with the old MAC address and IP address. I had to remove that and replace with a new reservation before I was able to properly create the port forwarding rule. There was no error or warning ...

nsimon · 01-07-2023

Thanks for the response. Not ideal is an understatement. This is a significant bug.

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