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by: JFCreally December 4, 2012 9:07 AM PST

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My GF was using my WiFi,now it's showing up in her name?

by JFCreally - 12/4/12 9:07 AM

Alright, my girlfriend brought her computer over to do homework. She connected to my Wireless, and now everytime I go onto my laptop my wireless says I am now connected to "Ashley_PC" ? Why did it change and how do I change it back?

I have a D-Link DIR-655 Extreme-N Gigabit Wireless Router.
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Where are you looking?

by wpgwpg - 12/4/12 9:30 AM

In Reply to: My GF was using my WiFi,now it's showing up in her name? by JFCreally

If you're both using Windows 7, and if you're looking under Network, what you're seeing is normal, assuming you've both turned on network discovery. That's a lot of "ifs", but I'm having to guess because you neglected to mention these things. That doesn't mean you're signed onto YOUR PC using that ID. To see what ID you're using, click the start button and look in the upper right corner of the Start menu.


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Right when I connect to wireless.

by JFCreally - 12/4/12 9:52 AM

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Right when I start up my computer it says you are now connect to "Ashley_PC" Wireless network..She has Vista, I am running XP on my laptops(2) and, on my iPod touch, it also is coming up under her "name" although its my wireless. So, I don't know what happened. Its been like this for 2months.


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Here's my bet. The SSID on the router is set to that.

by R. Proffitt Moderator - 12/4/12 9:55 AM

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Do you setup your own gear or did she help?


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I did.

by JFCreally - 12/4/12 3:15 PM

In Reply to: Here's my bet. The SSID on the router is set to that. by R. Proffitt Moderator

I do. All she did was connect to my WiFi. And now, everytime I go onto my WiFi it comes up in her name? Thats why I'm confused why it changed?


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(NT) So did you go to your router's setup page and check it?

by R. Proffitt Moderator - 12/4/12 3:22 PM

In Reply to: I did. by JFCreally


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Yes

by JFCreally - 12/5/12 10:01 AM

In Reply to: (NT) So did you go to your router's setup page and check it? by R. Proffitt Moderator

This is what it is showing:

Wireless LAN:
Network Name (SSID)
ASHLEY-PC_Network

But I can not see how to change it. Its also not allowing me to activate my WPS its saying it cannot find the router??


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Re: SSID

by Kees_B Moderator - 12/5/12 10:31 AM

In Reply to: Yes by JFCreally

The routers setup page lets you change anything, such as the SSID and the key. If you can't find out, it surely is mentioned in the routers user manual.

It's somewhat strange it's changed, indeed. Maybe your GF (Ashley?) did it. Then she can tell you how to set it back to what it was. But if you can connect to Internet, there's no need to change it, so I shouldn't care too much.

Now what is a WPS? And it's unclear anyway why it can't find the router. If you're with Ashley, can it find her router?

Kees


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Got it to change.

by JFCreally - 12/5/12 10:38 AM

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Alright. Wow, was that a PITA.


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