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Wrong Name in Notification Area
My network (SSID) has one name, but in the notification area the name ORBI56 appears. How do I get the notification area to display the correct name?
Model is RBR750
Firmware version is V.3.2.16.6_1.4.4
When I say notification area I mean on my desktop, lower right corner of windows 10 screen where you see speaker icon, etc. I'm connected to router directly, not WiFi and when I hover on network icon, it reads ORBI56 and not the name of my network. Other WiFi devices read correctly, it's only this desktop connected to router with an Ethernet cable. If I switch to wireless, it reads correctly. Everything works fine, I just want the correct name used.
I just upgraded to this system from an earlier ORBI, which had the correct name. Do I need to reset everything and Re-install?
How can I fix it?
Marc
> [...] it reads ORBI56 and not the name of my network. [...]
What would you say that your "the name of my network" is?
> [...] Other WiFi devices read correctly, [...]
Elaborate on "correctly". What is this name for those devices?
> [...] I just want the correct name used.
Which would be what, exactly? And where is that name found?
Network name is SAW1161, not ORBI56.
Other WiFi devices display the correct network name, devices include another desktop connected via WiFi, iPad, and iPhone.
When I set up router, SAW1161 is the name I gave it. I did NOT give it ORBI56.
Marc
> Network name is SAW1161, not ORBI56.
> [...] And where is that name found?
Still a mystery.
> When I set up router, SAW1161 is the name I gave it. [...]
Where, exactly, did you give it that name? Is a wireless SSID, or
something else? (What?)And where is that name found?
SAW1161 is the name I gave my wifi. It appears on iphone for wifi, it appears on ipad for wifi, it appears on another desktop. I guess my network is called ORBI56. In any event I want to get rid of the ORBI56 name. How?
Where, exactly, did you give it that name? Is a wireless SSID, or
something else? (What?)I gave it that name when setting up the router.