Step by step instructions to Change your Wi-Fi Network Name and Password

All Wi-Fi switches have a system name (generally SSID) and watchword. In the event that you associate new equipment gadgets to your remote system, you may need to enter both secret word and system name points of interest. So it may be smarter to change the default secret key and SSID to more ideal choices. This is the manner by which you can change both a Wi-Fi arrange profile name and secret key in Windows with and without switch programming. 

 

 

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Alter the Network Name with the Registry Editor

Windows 7 clients can alter their SSIDs by clicking their system names on the Network and Sharing Center tab. In any case, you can't alter SSIDs by means of the Control Panel in Windows 10. By and by, you can in any case change a Wi-Fi organize name by altering the registry.

To begin with, open Run by squeezing the Win key + R hotkey. Enter 'regedit' in the Run window's content box, and press the OK catch. That will open the Registry Editor window.

Next, peruse to this registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\NetworkList\Profiles. You can duplicate (Ctrl +C) and glue (Ctrl + V) that registry way straightforwardly into the Registry Editor's address bar. Select the subkey that incorporates your Wi-Fi system's ProfileName as underneath. 

 

Double tap the ProfileName string esteem that incorporates your Wi-Fi SSID. An Edit String window will open, which incorporates your system title. Presently you can enter an option SSID in the Value information content box. 

 

Snap OK to close the Edit String window. You can likewise close the Registry Editor. Restart the Windows OS, and afterward open the Network Connections control board tab. Your Wi-Fi system will now have another SSID.

Alter Network Password by means of the Wireless Network Properties Window

You don't have to alter the registry to modify your Wi-Fi secret word. You can alter the secret key by opening the Network Connections tab. Enter 'ncpa.cpl' in Run's content box to open the Control Panel tab appeared in the preview specifically underneath. 

 

Right-click your Wi-Fi arrange, and select Status to open the WiFi Status window. Press the Wireless Properties catch on that window. Tap the Security tab on the properties window to open the Wi-Fi secret word content box as beneath. 

 

Presently tap the Show characters alternative to demonstrate the secret key. Snap inside the security key content box to alter the watchword as required. Press the OK catch to close the window.

Alter Network Name and Password with Router Software

You can likewise change a Wi-Fi SSID and secret key with your default switch programming. All switches have worked in programming that doesn't have its own window. Rather, you open the switch programming in a program by entering an IP address in URL bar. Switch programming incorporates an assortment of system settings. 

 

To begin with, you'll require an IP deliver to enter in a URL bar. You can discover your IP address with the Command Prompt. Press the Win key + X hotkey to open an easy route menu. Select Command Prompt to open the window underneath.

Enter 'ipconfig' in the Command Prompt's window. The Command Prompt will list Ethernet connector points of interest when you press Enter. The IP address, featured in the shot beneath, is at the base of the recorded Ethernet connector subtle elements under Default Gateway. Insofar as the Prompt's Quick Edit Mode choice is chosen, you can duplicate the IP address with Ctrl + C.

Next, open a program in Windows. Enter, or glue, the IP address in the program's URL bar; and press the Return key. That will open your switch programming as underneath.

You'll likewise need to sign in before you can change any settings. A validation box will open when you click connects on the page. Your switch's manual will incorporate the product's login points of interest.

In the event that you've lost the switch manual, this website page may prove to be useful. That site gives default login points of interest to switch programming. Select a maker starting from the drop menu. The page will give login points of interest when you press the Find Password catch. Enter those login points of interest in the switch programming's confirmation box.

You'll most likely discover your system name and secret word recorded on a Wireless tab inside the switch programming, yet settings pages shift. Select the Wireless tab, and afterward look down to the SSID field. Enter another system name in the SSID content box.

At that point look to your watchword, which will likely be recorded under WPA2-PSK, secret key, organize key or something like that. Alter the watchword in the content box. Press the Apply or Save catch to spare the new settings.

With the goal that's the manner by which you can change your Wi-Fi SSID and secret key in Windows 10. Altering those points of interest may likewise separate your portable PC or desktop from the system. In that capacity, you may likewise need to reconnect with the new SSID and watchword.