My iPad's name used to be Behdad's iPad for many years, but a few days back, it was automatically changed to Behdad's iPad (4) and when I manually deleted the number, it was soon changed to Behdad's iPad (8). Now that I'm writing this, it is currently Behdad's iPad (543), which has been changed from Behdad's iPad (284) from yesterday!
A few points to consider:
It all started when I installed YazFi package on my ASUS RT-AC87U router with Asuswrt-Merlin 384.13_2 firmware on it and
My current network configuration is as follows:
- I have two networks, one is
192.168.1.0/24and another is192.168.2.0/24. - All my devices occasionally connect to any of those networks, including my iPhone and my MacBook Pro.
- This naming thing happens on both my iPad and MacBook Pro (but no to this extreme extent, as it is currently sitting on `Behdad's MacBook Pro (7)", but not to my iPhone.
Do you have any idea on why this happens and how can I make it stop? I'm worried it messes something with iCloud, as these names appear on my iCloud device list.
UPDATE: It definitely is caused by YazFi, because since I uninstalled it from my router, all my devices have kept their names. I'm going to ask its developer also.
UPDATE 2: YazFi's developer had asked people to reply to a thread in SmallNetBuilders forum regarding any issues. I created an account there, but looks new users need to gain a few points to be able to post on the forums. I couldn't send a DM to them either. So if anyone can post on SNB forums, I would be grateful if you could post there and link to this question so they see it.