Changing your SSID (Network Name) and Password
Having a custom Wi-Fi network name and password can make it easier to identify your own network.
If you change the name of your Wi-Fi network, you need to sign in all of your devices again.
Use a name that doesn't reveal too much personal identifying information, and use a long 16 character password containing upper and lower case letters, numbers and symbols.
WiFi connections are established by using a network name and password. Technically that Wi-Fi network name is a Service Set Identifier or SSID. While you don't have to use the term SSID in your verbal vocabulary it is important to be recognize that term when you poke around settings and read documents addressing Wi-Fi.
REUSING a SSID
For 10 years we had AT&T as the main internet provider in our community and if left unchanged the SSID was ATTxxxxxx and it was hard to know which one of the Wi-Fi networks was your own. Now that we have all converted to Blue Stream I still see a sea of ATTxxxxxx network names in my vicinity. That is because Blue Stream came used the used your existing SSID and password. All of your equipment automatically connected because WiFi connections are made by network name and password.
I use this same technique so that my network in Michigan uses the same SSID as in Florida. This makes it so that I don't have to enter my 16character password on all 19 of my devices when I move from one location to another. While entering that 16 digit password 19 times is not that big a chore, some network appliances like printers don't make it that easy. Reusing the SSID really helps if connecting your Internet of Things IoT devices to Wi-Fi is a tricky process.
For decades, the swapping out routers was ideal for network administrators, but it also made the EVIL TWIN attacks easy. Now security measures have been added so many computers and phones recognize you are attached to different hardware and issue annoying warnings that this network connection may not be secure. Those annoying security messages convinced many residents here that Blue Stream was not a secure internet provider. If you are being plagued by security messages on your home network after you changed routers, use the network forget feature and FORGET your home network, and then reattach. If you are getting those messages on public Wi-Fi, like at a club house, you should take the message much more seriously, because someone could have set up a malicious network nearby that uses the same SSID and password.
If you change the name of your Wi-Fi network, you need to sign in all of your devices again.
Use a name that doesn't reveal too much personal identifying information, and use a long 16 character password containing upper and lower case letters, numbers and symbols.
WiFi connections are established by using a network name and password. Technically that Wi-Fi network name is a Service Set Identifier or SSID. While you don't have to use the term SSID in your verbal vocabulary it is important to be recognize that term when you poke around settings and read documents addressing Wi-Fi.
REUSING a SSID
For 10 years we had AT&T as the main internet provider in our community and if left unchanged the SSID was ATTxxxxxx and it was hard to know which one of the Wi-Fi networks was your own. Now that we have all converted to Blue Stream I still see a sea of ATTxxxxxx network names in my vicinity. That is because Blue Stream came used the used your existing SSID and password. All of your equipment automatically connected because WiFi connections are made by network name and password.
I use this same technique so that my network in Michigan uses the same SSID as in Florida. This makes it so that I don't have to enter my 16character password on all 19 of my devices when I move from one location to another. While entering that 16 digit password 19 times is not that big a chore, some network appliances like printers don't make it that easy. Reusing the SSID really helps if connecting your Internet of Things IoT devices to Wi-Fi is a tricky process.
For decades, the swapping out routers was ideal for network administrators, but it also made the EVIL TWIN attacks easy. Now security measures have been added so many computers and phones recognize you are attached to different hardware and issue annoying warnings that this network connection may not be secure. Those annoying security messages convinced many residents here that Blue Stream was not a secure internet provider. If you are being plagued by security messages on your home network after you changed routers, use the network forget feature and FORGET your home network, and then reattach. If you are getting those messages on public Wi-Fi, like at a club house, you should take the message much more seriously, because someone could have set up a malicious network nearby that uses the same SSID and password.
Open the Plume app.
Scroll down to where it shows your Network name
From here you can Share the network via a QR code or a link
See the password by clicking on the Eye or directly on the hidden characters.
Click on the Pencil to Edit
Scroll down to where it shows your Network name
From here you can Share the network via a QR code or a link
See the password by clicking on the Eye or directly on the hidden characters.
Click on the Pencil to Edit
Change the name.
Click on the pencil
Change the name as desired
Choose a name that does not give away too much personal information.
The Plume system uses a single SSID for both the 2.4 and 5.0 GHz bands. It also uses the same SSID for your guest network and access is controlled by using differnt passwords.
Click Save to save your changes
Click on the pencil
Change the name as desired
Choose a name that does not give away too much personal information.
The Plume system uses a single SSID for both the 2.4 and 5.0 GHz bands. It also uses the same SSID for your guest network and access is controlled by using differnt passwords.
Click Save to save your changes
To change the password
Click on the three dots ...
Select Edit from the list
Enter a new password.
It is recommended that you use a minimum of 16 characters that include upper and lower case letters, numbers and symbols. The length of the password helps protect against brute force attacks. And of course this password should be unique, not a password that you use everywhere.
Click Save
Reconnect all your devices.
Click on the three dots ...
Select Edit from the list
Enter a new password.
It is recommended that you use a minimum of 16 characters that include upper and lower case letters, numbers and symbols. The length of the password helps protect against brute force attacks. And of course this password should be unique, not a password that you use everywhere.
Click Save
Reconnect all your devices.