How to change Hostname of OpenWrt ?

How to change Hostname of OpenWrt ?

Sometimes you may need to change the hostname of your OpenWrt. Host name is stored in the system configuration file. You can view it in the following command.

cat /etc/config/system
System Configuration - OpenWrt
System Configuration – OpenWrt

It is very easy to change hostname of OpenWrt, using following commands. Here we are changing our hostname to “electroSome”.

uci set system.@system[0].hostname='electroSome'
uci commit system
/etc/init.d/system reload
Changing Hostname of OpenWrt
Changing Hostname of OpenWrt

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