The Identification page allows you to specify various name parameters for your FreshTomato device.

Router Name: Here, enter a nickname for the FreshTomato device for your own reference.

The router name display on the Overview page and in the title of the router's web interface pages. This is not a TCP/IP hostname. It does not register the device or help resolve it on the network. The hostname field (TCP/IP hostname) serves those functions.

Hostname: Here, you can specify the TCP/IP hostname of your FreshTomato device.

This name will be registered on an IP network for functions such as outgoing DHCP lease requests, local DNS resolution, and NetBIOS name resolution for SAMBA. It's used extensively in the log, to help you to identify routers when you have more than one reporting back to one log server.

Domain Name: Sets the TLD (top-level domain) name of the router's internal DNS server.

This defines a namespace for your LAN.

If you enter a name that conflicts with a registered TLD on the Internet, the local network will take priority (avoid using, “.com” or “.org”).

For home networks, this should usually be set to something like “local” or “lan”. If left blank, there will be no local DNS resolution of devices on the LAN except from devices supporting/running mDNS.

For example, let's say you have:

• Set the Domain Name to “local”
• Set the Hostname to “Router”
• An IP camera on the LAN with hostname “Camera-32DA”
  (similar under “Name” on the Device List page).

Typing “router.local” into a browser would open your router configuration page.

Entering “camera-32da.local” would open your camera's webpage and;

Entering “\\Router” into Windows File Explorer would show you a list of objects shared by your router's SAMBA (if enabled).