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The router manufacturers do, as I was once surprised when my computer was complaining about a friend's wifi -- turns out that they had the same, manufacturer-driven SSID as my mother.


Having noted the WiGLE database I decided to give their mutual Netgear-provided SSID a spin. Over fifty thousand results.

So you could do worse than just name your access point NETGEAR followed by a two-digit number. Of course, your laptop might decide lots of other networks are yours, but it won't have the password for them.




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