Question (please read further) How can I check or see what my device name is in a network/modem/router

[devilgodspider]

So I go to 192.***.*.*** (the place where I put in user&pass, and then can do port forwarding, do upnp, etc...)
And I'm trying to do Port Forward, but it tells me I need to pick from a list of devices, now I'm pretty "sure" that mine is "DESKTOP-******" but I want to simply check, I've googled and searched and searched and every place doesn't tell me how to confirm, it just tells me how to see what my PC name is, how to see what my network adapter name is (?)...

I'm sure this is literally simple, so I'm asking here, please help me.

 

[Ralston18]

If I follow correctly you are using a browser to access the admin pages of a router using the IP address range beginning with 192.

You see your PC ("Desktop.....") listed in the router but wish to confirm that that is your desktop's/computer's name.

Ways to do so:

1 ) Type "System" in the Search box.

System Name

2) At the Command Prompt or Powershell Prompt type "hostname".

And in Powershell you can use the Get-Netadapter cmdlet.
Plus other information as well.

FYI

https://adamtheautomator.com/powershell-ip-configuration/

3) You can also run "ipconfig /all" (without quotes) at the Command Prompt to get the name.

Description is the network adapter "name".

= = = =

Note: You do not need to mask 192. IP addresses. That is one of three IP address ranges used by thousands of small home and business networks.

FYI:

https://www.lifewire.com/what-is-a-private-ip-address-2625970#:~:text=A private IP address is,a home or business network.

My router uses 192.168.1.1

 

[bill001g]

You need to be careful about using port forwarding and running servers when you do not know basic stuff like this. Port forwarding and running servers can put your machine at risk not done correctly.

Although you can find out using the method posted above it is not recommended to use names.

For port forwarding to work consistently you need to manually set a static IP on your server machine. You then key that IP address into the port forwarding rules. Your IP can change and router might not figure out for a while that the name you had set now has a new IP.

 

[USAFRet]

What are you wanting to run that needs port forwarding?

 

[devilgodspider]

What are you wanting to run that needs port forwarding?

Game is Warframe... in fact, this happens to most if not all of my multiplayer games (Darktide, MW 2019, MW 2022, etc...)

 

[devilgodspider]

You need to be careful about using port forwarding and running servers when you do not know basic stuff like this. Port forwarding and running servers can put your machine at risk not done correctly.

Although you can find out using the method posted above it is not recommended to use names.

For port forwarding to work consistently you need to manually set a static IP on your server machine. You then key that IP address into the port forwarding rules. Your IP can change and router might not figure out for a while that the name you had set now has a new IP.

It's just my desktop, there's no server, but for some reason my NAT is always "strict" in games, so I have to always do port forward 🙁

 

[devilgodspider]

If I follow correctly you are using a browser to access the admin pages of a router using the IP address range beginning with 192.

You see your PC ("Desktop.....") listed in the router but wish to confirm that that is your desktop's/computer's name.

Ways to do so:

1 ) Type "System" in the Search box.

System Name

2) At the Command Prompt or Powershell Prompt type "hostname".

And in Powershell you can use the Get-Netadapter cmdlet.
Plus other information as well.

FYI

https://adamtheautomator.com/powershell-ip-configuration/

3) You can also run "ipconfig /all" (without quotes) at the Command Prompt to get the name.

Description is the network adapter "name".

= = = =

Note: You do not need to mask 192. IP addresses. That is one of three IP address ranges used by thousands of small home and business networks.

FYI:

https://www.lifewire.com/what-is-a-private-ip-address-2625970#:~:text=A private IP address is,a home or business network.

My router uses 192.168.1.1

this was an amazing answer but it didn't work 🙁 :

1. The name of my desktop is "BLACK-BOX" but that name doesn't appear anywhere on the list of devices of my network.

2. Same name but not all caps (Black-Box)

3. Yea this is what the google searches I did kept telling me, but it's not what I wanted, I just want to "pick" my desktop in the port forward function of my modem (router?) and I want to make sure I'm actually picking my desktop and not some other PC/Laptop/Smartphone on my house

Am I doing something wrong? 🙁

 

[Ralston18]

Start mapping your network.

Make a list of each device by name, IP address, and MAC( Physical Address).

Your router may provide a list. Confirm each device by going to the device's configuration screens.

Run "arp -a" without quotes via the Command Prompt on as many network computers as you can.

The devices with 192.168.0.X are the devices of interest.

Go to those devices and run "ipconfig /all" to get the device name.

Look for Desktop-*******

 

[devilgodspider]

Start mapping your network.

Make a list of each device by name, IP address, and MAC( Physical Address).

Your router may provide a list. Confirm each device by going to the device's configuration screens.

Run "arp -a" without quotes via the Command Prompt on as many network computers as you can.

The devices with 192.168.0.X are the devices of interest.

Go to those devices and run "ipconfig /all" to get the device name.

Look for Desktop-*******

that's the problem, there are multiple Desktop-****** :')
Is there no way to just send like a ping to "Desktop-******" for me to check if it's mine or not..?

 

[Ralston18]

And all of the "*****" are different - correct?

Yes you can ping Desktop-***** but you need to know its' IP address.

You might try - MSG

FYI:

https://www.lifewire.com/msg-command-2618093

https://www.wikihow.com/Chat-With-Command-Prompt

What I would do is first test the MSG to a computer that I know is mine. Ensure that the command and process works.

Then send the targeted message to Desktop-****** keeping the message simple and vague. I would use "Test-2110hours"

Changing the time as necessary to ensure that the most recent test can be identified.

You will need to have all of your computers on to determine which Desktop-******* computer receives the message.

 

[bill001g]

This seems like a different issue. You likely have the port forwarding setup correctly.

The likely problem is that you do not have a public IP. This is extremely common for example if you are using a mobile broadband connection but it also occurs on many ISP that have a shortage of IP addresses.

I am surprised that a newer game would require that people have public IP it will reduce the number of customers that can pay/play the game.

Are there any features you can turn off in the game that would make it work. Sometime it is only used for things like voice comm. On smaller games where they are hosted by one of the players like on a game console then the hosting machine must have a public IP but the other do not need it.

If you can check the wan/internet IP in your router. See if it matches what you see on a site like whatsmyip. If the IP addresses are not the same you will never get port forwarding to function.