diff --git a/plugins/network/frontend/views/NetworkDeviceDetail.vue b/plugins/network/frontend/views/NetworkDeviceDetail.vue
index f947549d..365654d7 100644
--- a/plugins/network/frontend/views/NetworkDeviceDetail.vue
+++ b/plugins/network/frontend/views/NetworkDeviceDetail.vue
@@ -1,5 +1,25 @@
 <template>
   <div class="detail-page" v-if="device">
+    <!--
+      The same page-header + header-actions block every other asset detail page
+      uses. This page had no header at all: Edit was tucked inside the hero
+      title row and there was no Print Label, no Retire and no way back to the
+      list, so managing a network device meant looking somewhere different from
+      every other asset type.
+    -->
+    <div class="page-header">
+      <h2>Network Device Details</h2>
+      <div class="header-actions">
+        <router-link :to="`/print/asset-label/network_device/${deviceId}`"
+                     class="btn btn-secondary" target="_blank">Print Label</router-link>
+        <router-link v-if="authStore.isAuthenticated" :to="`/network/${deviceId}/edit`"
+                     class="btn btn-primary">Edit</router-link>
+        <button v-if="authStore.isAuthenticated" @click="confirmRetire"
+                class="btn btn-danger">Retire</button>
+        <router-link to="/network" class="btn btn-secondary">Back to List</router-link>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+
     <div class="hero-card">
       <div class="hero-image">
         <img v-if="device.networkdevice?.imageurl" :src="withBase(device.networkdevice.imageurl)" alt="Model photo" />
@@ -10,13 +30,6 @@
       <div class="hero-content">
         <div class="hero-title-row">
           <h1 class="hero-title">{{ device.networkdevice?.hostname || device.name || device.assetnumber }}</h1>
-          <router-link
-            v-if="authStore.isAuthenticated"
-            :to="`/network/${deviceId}/edit`"
-            class="btn btn-secondary"
-          >
-            Edit
-          </router-link>
         </div>
         <div class="hero-meta">
           <span class="badge" :style="colorStyle(device.statuscolor)">
@@ -184,18 +197,9 @@
       </div>
     </div>
 
-    <!-- Actions -->
-    <div class="action-bar" v-if="authStore.isAuthenticated">
-      <router-link :to="`/print/asset-label/network_device/${deviceId}`" class="btn btn-secondary" target="_blank">
-        Print Label
-      </router-link>
-      <router-link :to="`/network/${deviceId}/edit`" class="btn btn-primary">
-        Edit Device
-      </router-link>
-      <button @click="confirmDelete" class="btn btn-danger">
-        Delete Device
-      </button>
-    </div>
+    <!-- The manage actions live in the page header, where every other asset
+         detail page puts them. They used to sit down here instead, which is
+         why finding them on a network device meant looking somewhere else. -->
 
     <!-- Audit Footer -->
     <div class="audit-footer">
@@ -228,6 +232,7 @@ import PluginAssetPanels from '@/components/PluginAssetPanels.vue'
 import { useWarrantyBadge } from '@/composables/warrantyBadge'
 import { useIdentifierFlags } from '@/composables/identifierSettings'
 import { useToast } from '@/composables/toast'
+import { apiError } from '@/utils/apiError'
 import { setRecordTitle } from '@/composables/pageTitle'
 const toast = useToast()
 
@@ -293,17 +298,24 @@ function formatDate(dateStr) {
   })
 }
 
-async function confirmDelete() {
-  if (confirm(`Are you sure you want to delete ${device.value.networkdevice?.hostname || device.value.assetnumber}?`)) {
-    try {
-      await networkApi.delete(deviceId)
-      router.push('/network')
-    } catch (error) {
-      console.error('Error deleting device:', error)
-      toast.error('Failed to delete device')
-    }
+// Soft delete, like every other asset type: the record leaves the lists while
+// its history and relationships stay put, and it can be restored by setting
+// isactive back. Called Retire rather than Delete for exactly that reason.
+async function confirmRetire () {
+  const label = device.value?.networkdevice?.hostname
+    || device.value?.name || device.value?.assetnumber || 'this device'
+  if (!confirm(`Retire ${label}?\n\nIt will no longer appear in ShopDB. `
+               + `History and relationships are kept, and it can be restored.`)) return
+  try {
+    await networkApi.delete(deviceId)
+    toast.success(`Retired ${label}`)
+    router.push('/network')
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error('Error retiring network device:', error)
+    toast.error(apiError(error, 'Failed to retire network device'))
   }
 }
+
 </script>
 
 <style scoped>