Zerotierone: Ability to send node name from app desired

[gdamore]

It would be pretty awesome if when creating a node for the first time (ZT_create_node), I could supply the human readable names that are shown in ZeroTier Central. Maybe this is already possible, but if so it isn't clear from ZeroTierOne.h.

[janjaapbos]

Naming a node may depend on the network it is in. In fact it may be that the network owner is not the device (node) owner.

At the moment Central only has the perspective of the network owner. The network owner can also use the api to set properties automatically. (Same goes for authorisation of nodes in a network).

[gdamore]

That's a good point. It would be kind of cool for a device to offer up a proposed name nonetheless -- sort of like how dhcp clients can do so -- the dhcp server isn't obliged to honor the name, but it can elect to do so (and in dhcp's case even register a dynamic DNS entry.)

I'd imagine an option to "allow devices to supply names" in the network setting, and presumably the names would be subject to some sort of filtering to ensure that the names are legal (and probably non-conflicting, although I'm not sure there is any need that device names do not conflict.)

[gdamore]

One could also imagine a different type of name -- e.g. "client-supplied name" (or description), that is independent from whatever description the network owner sets.

[DanielPamich]

Adding a default name(e.g Devices Name) would be great. Tracking down a device by the Node Id number is time-consuming and difficult which could be avoided if a default name was added.

If the Name worked more like "DHCP" and was automatically added that would be very helpful.

[KBrownConsulting]

+1