ESPHome change device name

ESPHome
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Hi, pulling an old thread…

  1. Is the manual IP step necessary ? I have not set manual IP configurations in the device YAML but I have added IP reservations on the router side. Is it the same, better or worse ?
  2. I have the same desire to change the names, when I initially set them up in ESPhome, I gave them generic names (i.e sonoff1, nodemcu1, etc…), now that their placement is stable, i would also like to make it more evident in the device names to see what they are…if i change the name on the YAML as indicated, will that change the names of the entities or require any re-config at all ?

Thanks !