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   Carlos E.R. to Dan Purgert   
   Re: How does setting a static IP on a mo   
   14 Apr 17 20:14:08   
   
   XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.os.linux, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2017-04-14 14:37, Dan Purgert wrote:   
   > Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >> On 2017-04-13 23:58, Dan Purgert wrote:   
      
      
   >> Well, not so small a chance, it happened to you :-P   
   >   
   > Yeah, once over the course of $family and $friend each being AT&T   
   > customers for decades (and having several router upgrades in between).   
   >   
   >>   
   >> 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. :-)   
   >   
   > The default SSID was something like 2WIRE_1a2b3c4d5e6f (the hex at the   
   > tail end changes -- definitely not the device MAC addresses, but some   
   > psuedo-random number)   
      
   Not a short number, though. Seems quite long for a repeat. :-?   
      
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   Cheers, Carlos.   
      
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