Hello, Is there a way to change the device name on my iPhone? My roommate and I both have an iPhone, and when we connect to my home wifi, there is an ip conflict b/c the devices have the same name. So I was wondering if there was a setting to change the device name of the iphone?
well Im talking about the wifi device name. When I connect into my router to see the devices that are attached, there is two devices with the name "IPhone-2" how do I change that name?
but it only change the name in itunes. it wont change it for the device name on a network. when i connect into my router to see who is connected, it says "IPHONE-2", and in itunes, my iphone name is "sw*'s iphone"
1. Click on the name "iPhone" (default name) on the devices list on iTunes.
2. When "iPhone" is highlighted and the summary is displayed on the right, click it again.
3. Pick a name, press enter to confirm it.
4. CONFIRM THE NAME: If it is successful, the iPhone will display the name at the About Section.
Check: Go to Settings > General > About. The name of the iPhone should be above all of the information boxers.
Check 2 (Technical): If you are using Wireless, go to your Wireless Router's information page (Commonly: 192.168.2.1 for Belkin, 192.168.1.1 for Linksys, 192.168.x.y where x & y = the last 2 numbers of the DEFAULT GATEWAY FOUND ON THE WIRELESS CONNECTION DETAILS). Check the DHCP Client List (May require login to the router information. Contact Network Administrator if the password isn't a default password defined by the manufacturer of that router). If the name of the iPhone is displayed, it works!
For example:
My iPhone has been set as "Boo Jung" on iTunes and also got synced to the iPhone. On the About screen, it says "Boo Jung" on the top. On my Belkin router, the DHCP client name is "Boo Jung".
Have you gone to Settings - WiFi - Tapped on the blue circle next to network - And chose Forget This Network? try that and then reboot the iPhone.
Then reconnect to network and see if it accepts you. You may need to disconnect power to router for 2 to 3 min, reconnect and it should pickup the new name of the iPhone and update the list.
If you have any apostrophes (for example the ' in "Alistair's iPhone") it wont work because its not a valid DHCP name. You can only use letters, numbers, and a few other characters (for example, underscores _ and hyphens -).
If you give your iPhone a unique name without any "illegal" characters, it'll work fine.
You also need to click the "Renew Lease" button under Settings > Wifi Networks > "Your wireless Network Name Here"
