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Changing WLAN SSID?

Balfa · 2005-05-04 17:20:21

I have a Linksys BEFW11S4 v.4 wireless (802.11b) router. It works okay, but when i try to change the default SSID from "linksys" to something else (like "test"), my laptop no longer finds it in the list of access points! :( (there are about six different APs in range here in my apartment complex). Has anyone experienced…

04-05-2005 6:20pm

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Balfa

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I have a Linksys BEFW11S4 v.4 wireless (802.11b) router. It works okay, but when i try to change the default SSID from "linksys" to something else (like "test"), my laptop no longer finds it in the list of access points! (there are about six different APs in range here in my apartment complex). Has anyone experienced anything like this? I want to be able to change my SSID and then stop broadcasting it.

Also, how do I use WPA in WinXP SP2?

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#2 04-05-2005 6:44pm

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moving to the wireless forum...

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#3 04-05-2005 11:41pm

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Meh....hate problems like that, my only experience is with netgears, and often times, if you're changing the settings, and they're not changing properly, a reset of the router's needed. And at that, I would say Netgear's firmware would be better than Linksys'.

As for using WPA with XP SP 2...

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