XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.os.linux, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: dan@djph.net   
      
   Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   > 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. :-?   
   >   
      
   yeah, like I said, it seem(ed) to just be a psuedo-random number.  Who   
   knows how they came up with it, and how large the pool actually is. :)   
      
      
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