The overview combines DHCPv4, DHCPv6 and resolved br-lan ARP entries by MAC.
IPv6 leases without a MAC can join a client only when their addresses have an
unambiguous MAC mapping in host hints or another lease. Hostnames alone never
merge devices. DUID/IAID identify otherwise unknown lease records and preserve
IPv6 reservation actions.
luci-client-history samples leases and ARP every ten seconds without requiring
an open browser. It atomically checkpoints discovered records in
/tmp/luci-client-history.json. Records are retained after lease/ARP expiry and
collector/rpcd restarts; a new boot clears them. Collection starts when the
service is installed/enabled, so earlier expired records cannot be reconstructed.
Historical addresses are dimmed and excluded from live rates and reservation
buttons. Totals remain the existing per-MAC conntrack accounting totals.
Run ucode client-history.uc on a target with the installed
luci.client_history module. The tests cover LAN filtering, expiry, collector
restart, IP reassignment, changing IPv6 addresses and boot-ID reset without
rebooting the device. Run the existing frontend tests with
node libs/rpcd-mod-luci/tests/traffic-ui.js from the LuCI repository.
For unnamed clients in the resolved LAN ARP table, the collector attempts DNS PTR lookup, then unicast NetBIOS NBSTAT (UDP 137) when DNS has no answer. Positive and negative results are cached for five minutes, keyed by MAC and IP. Each pass considers at most 32 due addresses; DNS and NetBIOS each have a one-second batch wait budget. Names are retained with the boot-local history; DHCP names take precedence. Devices without PTR or NetBIOS service keep their existing label. No subnet-wide or broadcast scan is performed.
Run ucode client-names.uc with the installed luci.client_history,
luci.client_names and ucode-mod-socket modules. It checks positive/negative
caching, retry timing, address reuse, DHCP priority, boot reset and malformed
NBSTAT responses. For a live check, compare netbios_names([ip]) with a known
NetBIOS responder; an unanswered query is not evidence of an offline client.
Channel analysis scans each band tab on first activation, using iwinfo for
mtwifi/mt_dbdc/ralink radios. It does not start a repeating scan poll or stop
LuCI's global poller. The refresh button is enabled immediately on completion or failure;
requests are coalesced per radio and serialized across radios. Run
node modules/luci-mod-status/tests/channel-analysis.js from the LuCI root.