Network Name (SSID)

23 Dec 2005 4:01 AM

Jay Ar

Hi to all. Mi sister just bought a wireless printing to work with her
desktop computer.( Win. XP) When trying to install the software she is
asked for the NETWORK NAME (also called SSID). It's supposed to be found
in the router paper work which are missing, she only has the original
box. Where can she find that network name? Thanks in advance.
BTW, the router is a LINKSYS 802.11b mode.

J.R.

23 Dec 2005 4:15 AM

Malke

Jay Ar wrote:

> Hi to all. Mi sister just bought a wireless printing to work with her
> desktop computer.( Win. XP) When trying to install the software she is
> asked for the NETWORK NAME (also called SSID). It's supposed to be
> found in the router paper work which are missing, she only has the
> original box. Where can she find that network name? Thanks in advance.
> BTW, the router is a LINKSYS 802.11b mode.
>
> J.R.

She can log into the router's configuration by entering its IP address
in her browser's addressbar. The Linksys default is 192.168.1.1, so she
would open Firefox or IE and type: http://192.168.1.1 [enter]

Then she would get the sign-in prompt. Check on Linksys' website for the
default username/password if she doesn't remember them. It is usually
something like Admin either for the username or the password and blank
for the other one.

Click on the Wireless settings and look for the SSID. BTW, if she left
it "Linksys" (default) she should change it to something else.

Or, if she already has a computer connected to the router wirelessly,
she could also just look in her wireless network settings and see the
name of the network to which the machine is connected. This will be the
SSID.

Malke

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23 Dec 2005 4:17 AM

ANONYMOUS

The default SSID will be: LINKSYS unless you changed it when installing,
connecting and encrypting it!

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> Hi to all. Mi sister just bought a wireless printing to work with her
> desktop computer.( Win. XP) When trying to install the software she is
> asked for the NETWORK NAME (also called SSID). It's supposed to be found
> in the router paper work which are missing, she only has the original
> box. Where can she find that network name? Thanks in advance.
> BTW, the router is a LINKSYS 802.11b mode.
>
> J.R.

23 Dec 2005 10:14 PM

LaManchaDQ

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"Jay Ar" <jraul@[nospam]mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:iEKqf.8731$3Z.76@newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net...
> Hi to all. Mi sister just bought a wireless printing to work with her
> desktop computer.( Win. XP) When trying to install the software she is
> asked for the NETWORK NAME (also called SSID). It's supposed to be found
> in the router paper work which are missing, she only has the original
> box. Where can she find that network name? Thanks in advance.
> BTW, the router is a LINKSYS 802.11b mode.
>
> J.R.
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SSID for all linksys routers is "Linksys."