Today I decided to write a small note and tell you what an SSID is. You could see this abbreviation somewhere in the settings of the router, on the computer, on the phone, etc. And straight to the point. SSID is the name of the Wi-Fi network.That's it, the article could have ended at this point. I answered the main question.
But still, I think you need to understand in more detail what an SSID is and why you need it at all. SSID (Service Set Identifier) - identifier of the wireless network. The name of the Wi-Fi network, which is displayed on your computer, phone and other devices. There must be some way to differentiate one Wi-Fi network from one, right? This is what the SSID is for.
As you can see in the screenshot below,my laptop sees only one Wi-Fi network, and its SSID "asus_help-wifi_com". This is the name I set in the settings of my router.
Each Wi-Fi router has a standard (factory) name for the Wi-Fi network. Which is set in the default settings. As a rule, the factory SSID is indicated on the router itself (where the MAC address, the address for entering the settings, the factory password (PIN), etc.).
We can change the SSID without any problems in the router settings. Moreover, I strongly advise you to do this during the firstrouter settings. Changing the Wi-Fi network name and password is a must.
SSID Requirements: the name of the Wi-Fi network cannot be set in Cyrillic (in Russian, Ukrainian letters). The name must be specified in the letters of the Latin alphabet. You can use numbers, hyphens, and underscores. Problems and any other exotic signs are prohibited.
Changing the SSID (network name) in the router settings
Most often, people are interested in how to change the SSID of a Wi-Fi network and hide it.As for how to hide SSID, I will write in a separate article in the near future. There is an instruction on how to hide the SSID only on TP-Link. And after changing the name, we already have detailed instructions on the site: how to change the name of the Wi-Fi network (SSID) on the router? There I showed this process for routers from different manufacturers: TP-Link, Asus, ZyXEL, Tenda, D-Link.
Everything is very simple there. We go into the settings of your router, no matter what model (manufacturer) you have,and looking for a tab "Wi-Fi", "Wireless", "Wireless Network", or something like that. There should be a field "SSID", "Wireless Network Name", "Wireless network name", etc. I think you will understand in which field you need to write your name for the wireless network.
Please note: if you have a dual-band router, and you have enabled network broadcasting at 5GHz, then you need to separately change the CID and set a password for it. Typically, "_5G" is simply added at the end of the name.
This is how it looks on TP-Link:
We just indicate our name, save the settings, reboot the router, and that's it. Our network has been renamed.
Judging by the statistics (I myself sometimes look at Wi-Fi networks in different houses), most users leave the standard name. Probably, it is difficult to come up with something of your own. I also don't have much imagination, you saw the name of my network in the screenshot above :) And sometimes there are networks with very interesting names.
Now you know what an SSID is and how to change it.If you have questions, leave them in the comments. I will gladly answer!
