{"id":145002,"date":"2020-12-31T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-31T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/new-router-simplify-network-setup-by-reusing-your-ssid-and-password-review-geek\/"},"modified":"2020-12-31T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-12-31T13:00:00","slug":"new-router-simplify-network-setup-by-reusing-your-ssid-and-password-review-geek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/new-router-simplify-network-setup-by-reusing-your-ssid-and-password-review-geek\/","title":{"rendered":"#New Router? Simplify Network Setup by Reusing Your SSID and Password \u2013 Review Geek"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#New Router? Simplify Network Setup by Reusing Your SSID and Password \u2013 Review Geek”<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Did you get a shiny new Wi-Fi router to help with all your stay-at-home internet activities? You\u2019re likely not alone, thanks to the rise in video conferencing, streaming, and other internet-related activities across the home. But the worst part is updating all your devices with the new Wi-Fi name and password. That is unless you do the smart thing and reuse your SSID and Password.<\/p>\n

Every new router, Wi-Fi or otherwise, comes with a preset SSID\u00a0<\/span>(Service Set Identifier<\/span><\/a>) and password. It\u2019s tempting to just roll with that because you don\u2019t have to fiddle around in admin settings to update anything. But you\u2019re putting a lot more work on yourself. If you swap out routers and keep the new SSID and password combo, that means you have to update every single Wi-Fi device in your home.<\/span><\/p>\n

That\u2019s all your cell phones, tablets, laptops, smart speakers, smart TVs, and more. Modern homes have moved from half a dozen connected Wi-Fi devices to dozens of Wi-Fi devices. But you don\u2019t have to go through that. Make your life easier by changing the SSID and password on the new router to match your old router\u2019s SSID and password.<\/span><\/p>\n

When your Wi-Fi devices try to connect to your network, the first thing they do is look for a network that matches the SSID you previously told them to use. It won\u2019t know that the router hardware changed, just that the address is right. Then it will provide the password, which matches, and automatically connect. You won\u2019t have to do anything to reconnect all your devices; they\u2019ll connect automatically.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s a bit like if your extended family comes to visit your home. You could have knocked down the old place, built a new one, and reused the locks. As long as your address and locks are the same, they\u2019ll be able to find the place and come in with the keys you provided.<\/span><\/p>\n

Of course, life isn\u2019t always simple, so there are two exceptions to this advice we have to mention. First, this may not work if you\u2019re upgrading from an ancient router that uses an outdated security protocol like WEP<\/a>. Even if you use the same password, it won\u2019t look the same to the machines involved.<\/span><\/p>\n

Essentially, the encryption scrambles your password differently, so there won\u2019t be a match. It doesn\u2019t matter that the plain text is the same; the final result isn\u2019t. Just like you can\u2019t decode an encrypted message sent out with an old cipher, and all you have is the new cipher.<\/span><\/p>\n

But you\u2019re better off having made the switch anyway; outdated protocols are easy to hack and put your home at risk. And for the foreseeable future, you\u2019ll be able to use this advice as you upgrade.<\/span><\/p>\n

The other exception is if you\u2019re using a very weak network password or worse, no password. If your current Wi-Fi password is \u201cPassword\u201d or you don\u2019t have one at all, stop that. You\u2019re asking for someone to use your network for whatever they want. If your Wi-Fi already feels slow, that might be the very problem you\u2019re facing.<\/span><\/p>\n

But for everyone else, save a lot of time and effort and rename your SSID and password. If you\u2019re using a new MESH router<\/a>, you can probably download<\/a> an app to make that happen. It\u2019s a lot easier than the admin settings of the older routers. Even some new non-mesh routers use apps, so check for that first. You\u2019ll thank yourself later.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n