# How Can I Change the Hostname Without Room to Install Luci?

**URL:** <https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/how-can-i-change-the-hostname-without-room-to-install-luci/21390>\
**Category:** Router\
**Created:** [May 1, 2022, 4:52pm UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/how-can-i-change-the-hostname-without-room-to-install-luci/21390 "2022-05-01T16:52:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![scargill](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/user_avatar/forum.gl-inet.com/scargill/32/4690_2.png) [@scargill](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/scargill)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2023, 11:19pm UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/how-can-i-change-the-hostname-without-room-to-install-luci/21390/21 "2023-09-10T23:19:27Z")

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Well, I tried this on the GL-MT3000 - could not find hostname referred to in /etc/config/network - so I went to /etc/config/system and sure enough there it was under:

```auto
config system
    option hostname 'GL-MT3000'

```

Unfortunately - back in Win64 Chrome browser… no sign of that hostname

[http://gl-mt3000.lan](http://gl-mt3000.lan)  
[http://gl-mt3000](http://gl-mt3000)  
I even tried the https: versions of the above - still nothing

But I have the MT3000 running as part of my LAN (with the WAN input set to run as LAN) and can access it by IP address… any thoughts?

Pete

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**Author:** ![alzhao](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@alzhao](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/alzhao)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2023, 6:58am UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/how-can-i-change-the-hostname-without-room-to-install-luci/21390/22 "2023-09-12T06:58:13Z")

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check out the content in /etc/config/dhcp

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**Author:** ![scargill](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/user_avatar/forum.gl-inet.com/scargill/32/4690_2.png) [@scargill](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/scargill)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2024, 12:43pm UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/how-can-i-change-the-hostname-without-room-to-install-luci/21390/23 "2024-02-24T12:43:37Z")

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NEEDED 2 references in /etc/config/dhcp changing and the one in /etc/config/network (the latter updated LUCI but didn’t change the name on my network. So I used FLINT and now in advanced IP scanner it comes up as FLINT.lan - what I wanted.

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**Author:** ![bruce](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/user_avatar/forum.gl-inet.com/bruce/32/35649_2.png) [@bruce](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/bruce)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2025, 11:36am UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/how-can-i-change-the-hostname-without-room-to-install-luci/21390/24 "2025-10-29T11:36:50Z")

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