DOCS: Network parent
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Signed-off-by: jokob-sk <jokob.sk@gmail.com>
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2025-11-25 08:16:39 +11:00
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@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ Lets walk through setting up a device named `raspberrypi` to act as a network
- Optionally assign a **Parent Node** (where this device connects to) and the **Relationship type** of the connection.
The `nic` relationship type can affect parent notifications — see the setting description and [Notifications documentation](./NOTIFICATIONS.md) for more.
- A devices parent MAC will be overwritten by plugins if its current value is any of the following: "null", "(unknown)" "(Unknown)".
- If you want plugins to be able to overwrite the parent value (for example, when mixing plugins that do not provide parent MACs like `ARPSCAN` with those that do, like `UNIFIAPI`), you must set the setting `NEWDEV_devParentMAC` to None.
![Device details](./img/NETWORK_TREE/Network_Device_Details_Parent.png)