Node Captions being renamed when laptop/pc's reboot

IanBaker

I have a large number of nodes that are configured in Node Properties to use DHCP. I seem to be suffering from the Caption name being changed when PC's are switched on or rebooted.

This is creating a big issue for me , as this morning I had 3 PC's that all had the same caption ... not great news when you want to provide asset data.

Anyone any ideas on how I stop this happening.

cnorborg

Just to get this straight, you're monitoring end-user PC's in Orion?  And it's their "caption" that is changing when they reboot?   I don't think many people actually monitor end-user PC's in Orion, so this problem is a bit unusual.  I would think the solution, if you wanted to keep doing this, would be to change your DHCP so that PC's maintain the same lease over time unless they are offline for an extended period of time...

If you want to monitor PC's and where they are on the network, perhaps look into the UDT (Universal Device Tracker) module for Orion?   I think its more suited to the task...