Cerbo GX’s host/device name not being displayed correctly at the IP level?
In Settings > System Settings I have:
System name = User defined
User defined name = Cerbo GX Learjet
When I use an IP scanner, the Cerbo reports its name as “einstein”.
How do I get it to use the name I gave it? Or am I confused?
Hi, thanks for asking! I am also new to the GX/VE platform and product (but not new to renewable energy or Linux). I was wondering the exact same thing as you. I see no one has answered, so lets try some experimenting. You are indeed correct in your observation, it appears the default ‘hostname’ for the GX is ‘einstein’. Changing the system name in the remote console does not change the device hostname (which is typically what is discovered/reported at the network level).
In fact, if you enable root SSH access, you will be greeted with following prompt upon login:
root@einstein:~#
I do not see the system name being reported in the VRM anywhere that I can find. It seems to be of limited use in the remote console as well. What is for then? I don’t know, maybe someone else can tell us.
Can you change the hostname? Yes.
Is it safe to do so? I don’t know, probably.
This is how you can change the hostname in the shell:
root@einstein:~# echo james-clerk-maxwell > /etc/hostname
*I recommend that you avoid whitespace and special characters (and stick to lowercase for style points).
Reboot GX.
So far my GX hasn’t blown up and it still works.
Will this mod survive a firwmare update? I don’t know.