XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.os.linux, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: dan@djph.net   
      
   Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   > 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.   
   >   
      
   Yeah, seems AT&T re-uses the default SSIDs across various regions (e.g.   
   US East / US Central / etc.).  Though, can't really blame them for doing   
   it, the chances that two customers will cross regions AND know people   
   who happen to have the same default SSID are obviously small enough that   
   it's not a worry.   
      
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