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Old 04-02-2009   #1 (permalink)


Windows Vista home Premium SP1
 
 

what is ssid of a network?

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Old 04-02-2009   #2 (permalink)


Vista Home Premium 32-bit & Vista Ultimate 64-bit both Service Pack 2 W7 Pro RTM 7600 32 & 64
 
 

Re: what is ssid of a network?

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Old 04-02-2009   #3 (permalink)


Vista Home Premium SP2 32bit / Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit
 
 

Re: what is ssid of a network?

It's the name of your wireless network, the page for your router will give you this along with the channel number it's on and the encryptment.
If you haven't changed anything it will be at the routers default, I can't tell you that as I don't know what you use.
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Old 04-02-2009   #4 (permalink)


Vista Home Premium SP2 32bit / Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit
 
 

Re: what is ssid of a network?

Quote  Quote: Originally Posted by Dwarf View Post
You must have been posting this when I was typing mine Dwarf, it gives a much better explanation than I did
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Old 04-02-2009   #5 (permalink)


Vista Ultimate x64 SP1
 
 

Re: what is ssid of a network?

Nirsoft has made a nifty tool for this WirelessNetView - Monitor wireless networks on your area
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