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   Message 54,135 of 55,960   
   Carlos E.R. to Dan Purgert   
   Re: How does setting a static IP on a mo   
   13 Apr 17 23:16:18   
   
   XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.os.linux, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2017-04-13 21:21, Dan Purgert wrote:   
   > Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >> On 2017-04-13 15:19, Dan Purgert wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Bear in mind that for android devices, you can set the IP address   
   >>> settings on a per-SSID basis.  Therefore, unless he connects to a   
   >>> network with the same SSID, but a different addressing scheme, the   
   >>> approach will cause him no grief.   
   >>   
   >> And even in that case of same SSID by chance, it would have a different   
   >> password.   
   >   
   > yup, right pain when traveling to my uncle's the next state over -- AT&T   
   > re-used the (default) SSID as a friend or other relative back home.   
   >   
   > "the hell do you mean I have the wrong password for $whoever's_network?!   
   > I'm not even in the same state!"   
      
   LOL!   
      
   I thought that all vendor SSID would be different.   
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
      
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