Changing laptop SSID/name

Discussion in 'Networking' started by wst50, Nov 23, 2008.

  1. wst50

    wst50

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    Well, on Windows, you just change the computer name via control panel...
    How would I change the name in Linpus? I haven't seen any option boxes for SSID. Can anyone advise me on this?
     
    wst50, Nov 23, 2008
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    From a terminal window:
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    sudo hostname new_host_name_goes_here
     
    RockDoctor, Nov 24, 2008
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