diff --git a/napalm_openwrt/system_mixin.py b/napalm_openwrt/system_mixin.py
index be007f5..0449116 100644
--- a/napalm_openwrt/system_mixin.py
+++ b/napalm_openwrt/system_mixin.py
@@ -391,69 +391,17 @@ class OpenWrtSystemMixin:
         return {"success": True, "output": output}
 
     def get_device_warnings(self) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
-        """Return a list of warning dicts for issues detected on this device.
+        """Only a missing ``base64`` binary, which BusyBox may lack.
 
-        Currently detects:
-        - lldpd not installed (LLDP neighbor discovery unavailable)
-        - package updates available (uses local package cache, no network call)
-        - update notifications not configured (auc not installed, opkg only)
+        It is not a package the caller can look up -- BusyBox may provide it as
+        an applet -- so it stays here until the shell commands callers send get
+        a public method. lldpd, auc and the pending updates are facts
+        (``get_packages``, ``get_available_updates``); whether they are a
+        problem is the caller's to decide.
         """
-        warnings: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
-
-        # 1. LLDP daemon
-        lldpd_path = self._send_command("which lldpd 2>/dev/null").strip()
-        if not lldpd_path:
-            warnings.append({"code": "lldpd_not_installed"})
-
-        pm = self._pm_type()
-
-        # 2. Package updates available (local cache only – no opkg update)
-        def _pkg_name(line: str, pm_type: str) -> str:
-            """Extract just the package name from an upgradable line.
-
-            apk:  'luci-app-firewall-26.143~abc < 26.151~def' → 'luci-app-firewall'
-            opkg: 'luci-app-firewall - 1.0 - 1.1'             → 'luci-app-firewall'
-            """
-            import re as _re
-            if pm_type == "apk":
-                # Strip trailing ' < ...' then remove the version suffix (-\d...)
-                name_ver = line.split(" ")[0]
-                m = _re.match(r'^(.*?)-\d', name_ver)
-                return m.group(1) if m else name_ver
-            else:
-                return line.split(" - ")[0].strip()
-
-        try:
-            if pm == "apk":
-                raw_upg = self._send_command("apk version 2>/dev/null | grep '<'")
-            else:
-                raw_upg = self._send_command("opkg list-upgradable 2>/dev/null")
-            upgradable = [ln.strip() for ln in raw_upg.splitlines() if ln.strip()]
-        except Exception:
-            upgradable = []
-
-        if upgradable:
-            pkg_names = [_pkg_name(ln, pm) for ln in upgradable]
-            warnings.append({
-                "code": "updates_available",
-                "meta": {
-                    "count": len(upgradable),
-                    "packages": pkg_names[:10],
-                },
-            })
-
-        # 3. Attended sysupgrade client not installed (opkg systems only)
-        if pm == "opkg":
-            auc_path = self._send_command("which auc 2>/dev/null").strip()
-            if not auc_path:
-                warnings.append({"code": "update_notifications_disabled"})
-
-        # 4. base64 not available — needed for efficient config apply
-        b64_path = self._send_command("command -v base64 2>/dev/null").strip()
-        if not b64_path:
-            warnings.append({"code": "no_base64"})
-
-        return warnings
+        if self._send_command("command -v base64 2>/dev/null").strip():
+            return []
+        return [{"code": "no_base64"}]
 
     def get_available_updates(self) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
         """Return list of upgradable packages from the local package manager cache.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a4e9d6a..7d1369c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "napalm-openwrt"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.3.0"
 description = "NAPALM driver for OpenWrt routers/access-points"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = { text = "Apache-2.0" }
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_warnings.py b/tests/unit/test_warnings.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..06ab904
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/test_warnings.py
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+"""What the driver still names itself (netOrk #1111).
+
+lldpd, auc and the pending updates are facts the caller reads (``get_packages``,
+``get_available_updates``) and decides on. A missing ``base64`` stays: BusyBox
+may provide it as an applet, so no package says whether it is there.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from napalm_openwrt import OpenWrtDriver
+
+
+def _driver(answers: dict[str, str]) -> OpenWrtDriver:
+    d = OpenWrtDriver("ap", "root", "pw")
+    issued: list[str] = []
+
+    def send(command: str) -> str:
+        issued.append(command)
+        return next((out for frag, out in answers.items() if frag in command), "")
+
+    d._send_command = send
+    d.issued = issued
+    return d
+
+
+def test_nothing_installed_names_only_base64():
+    """No lldpd, no auc and an opkg system: the caller names those from the packages."""
+    d = _driver({"opkg list-upgradable": "luci - 1.0 - 1.1\n"})
+
+    assert [w["code"] for w in d.get_device_warnings()] == ["no_base64"]
+
+
+def test_base64_present_names_nothing():
+    d = _driver({"command -v base64": "/usr/bin/base64\n"})
+
+    assert d.get_device_warnings() == []
+
+
+def test_one_command_per_poll():
+    d = _driver({})
+    d.get_device_warnings()
+
+    assert d.issued == ["command -v base64 2>/dev/null"]