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Show the latest IP assigned to a device - historical IPs can be a context menu item
Devices are listed as Last Seen = Today and then again as Last Seen = n days ago.
Also, I have edited the Device Name and Device Manufacturer fields for some devices, but when they are listed twice, the Last Seen = Today entry shows Not Available instead of my edited text. The duplicate item with Last Seen = n days ago shows the edited fields correctly.
Many thanks for taking the time to open this issue. This might be a bug in how the devices are identified. Can you please attach a screen shot showing all the details of the devices to help me debug the issue?
Also could you try right click and forget device on the duplicate ones to see if that resolves the issue?
Here is a screenshot. I've sorted by Host MAC so you can see the duplicates.
Not every item is duplicated. I think duplicates occur when the IP address has changed.
Where there is a duplicate (e.g. the first two items), the Last Seen = Today item has lost the edited text (e.g. Device Name = Black Squeezebox).
If I use Forget device on the second item (Last Seen = 6 days ago) and then refresh, that old item has gone, but I've lost my edits since the new item does not have my edits.
many thanks for the details - so probably the reason for duplication is ok as the IP of the device is changing. However, I will check the update routine (Forget Device) to see the parameters being used for the updation and why it is loosing the saved updates. If the update issue is resolved then the deletion of the duplicate device will not be a problem anymore
I don't think you should show a device more than once. I'm not interested in knowing what IP address it used to have a few days ago, just what it has now.
Also (this may be related), if I take my laptop to another network and use Nutty to show devices on the network, I don't want to see all the devices from my previous network listed.
@Bananas-Are-Yellow Thats a very valid point, maybe I tag each device to the network on which it was found and then using the search on the top you can filter the device with the network name.
@Bananas-Are-Yellow On a separate note - are you getting an alert when a new device is found. In the preference you need to set a monitoring interval at whci nutty scans the network in the background (cron job) and alerts via the common pop up notification if a new device is found.
I've not used the background monitoring facility so far. I've turned it on just now to see what it does. Do I need to leave the application window open, or will this work in the background if I close it?
It should work in the background, so you can close down the nutty application. Basically a scheduled job executes in the background after a fixed interval and searches for any new device which has not been discovered and registered in the nutty database of devices.
Another way to test this is to forget a device in nutty and then see if you get a notification when that device is spotted on the network on the scheduled background job.
There were some changes in Juno on notifications and the way they are handled, so I was wondering if it is working on other distros.
I don't think you should show a device more than once. I'm not interested in knowing what IP address it used to have a few days ago, just what it has now.
I now have some devices listed many times:
The device has had many IP addresses over the past month, and they are all listed. But I don't want to see what IP addresses a device used to have (how is that useful to know?), just what it currently has.
How can I filter to see only devices that are online?
By the way, sorting by the Status column doesn't seem to work.
It should work in the background, so you can close down the nutty application. Basically a scheduled job executes in the background after a fixed interval and searches for any new device which has not been discovered and registered in the nutty database of devices.
Another way to test this is to forget a device in nutty and then see if you get a notification when that device is spotted on the network on the scheduled background job.
There were some changes in Juno on notifications and the way they are handled, so I was wondering if it is working on other distros.
I "forgot" a device and closed the application window. I've not had any notifications so far.
I'm on Pop!_OS 19.04 (based on Ubuntu 19.04) which uses GNOME 3.32.
I don't think you should show a device more than once. I'm not interested in knowing what IP address it used to have a few days ago, just what it has now.
I now have some devices listed many times:
The device has had many IP addresses over the past month, and they are all listed. But I don't want to see what IP addresses a device used to have (how is that useful to know?), just what it currently has.
How can I filter to see only devices that are online?
By the way, sorting by the Status column doesn't seem to work.
Thanks for this - maybe a better way is to show the latest IP against the MAC and if an user wants to see historical IP assignment on the MAC, it can be a context menu item.
It should work in the background, so you can close down the nutty application. Basically a scheduled job executes in the background after a fixed interval and searches for any new device which has not been discovered and registered in the nutty database of devices. Another way to test this is to forget a device in nutty and then see if you get a notification when that device is spotted on the network on the scheduled background job. There were some changes in Juno on notifications and the way they are handled, so I was wondering if it is working on other distros.
I "forgot" a device and closed the application window. I've not had any notifications so far.
I'm on Pop!_OS 19.04 (based on Ubuntu 19.04) which uses GNOME 3.32.
Thanks - I will check if the notification works on elementary. Will raise a different issue to track this
It should work in the background, so you can close down the nutty application. Basically a scheduled job executes in the background after a fixed interval and searches for any new device which has not been discovered and registered in the nutty database of devices. Another way to test this is to forget a device in nutty and then see if you get a notification when that device is spotted on the network on the scheduled background job. There were some changes in Juno on notifications and the way they are handled, so I was wondering if it is working on other distros.
I "forgot" a device and closed the application window. I've not had any notifications so far. I'm on Pop!_OS 19.04 (based on Ubuntu 19.04) which uses GNOME 3.32.
Thanks - I will check if the notification works on elementary. Will raise a different issue to track this
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