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   Tomos Davies to All   
   Re: How does setting a static IP on a mo   
   14 Apr 17 01:29:17   
   
   XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.os.linux, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: cariadmenywod@gmail.com   
      
   In , Carlos E.R. suggested:   
      
   > If they have such a large customer list, they should use longer SSIDs. I   
   > suppose it is a prefix then a decimal or hex number. They just need more   
   > digits. :-)   
   >   
   > How many digits do they use, perhaps 4? Because 4 is what I see here.   
   > That's only 10000 customers, they surely have many millions. They are   
   > bound to collide.   
      
   I just checked one of my radios which allows only 32 characters in the   
   SSID, where most of you probably have _nomap and _optout added for privacy   
   reasons; so that means you only get about 19 unique characters that you   
   have any control over.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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