Network name question

Are there any security concerns with what to name a wireless network (the SSID)? Any do’s and don’t’s?
I read one article that advised making it as long as allowed and mixing letters and numbers. Sounds fine for passwords but why would that make a difference for the SSID? The name itself is publicly displayed, not like someone is trying to guess what it is, the thing is broadcast.
Agree re passwords (we have it setup with WPA/WPA2), but not sure why that would make sense for the name.

I guess I disagree that it’s irrelevant. The more I think about it, the more I think that just some basic guidelines should apply. Actually, just one, don’t divulge personal info. Someone shouldn’t be able to see the network name and know whose it is. So I don’t think it’s a wise idea to put one’s last name or address or company name in the SSID. Just something generic but unique so there’s no confusing our network with someone else’s.
but absolutely agree, the type of security and password is far more important.

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To do this with version 6.x of the AirPort Utility:
AirPort Utility > Select the AirPort > Edit > Wireless tab > Wireless Network Name

I've just bought an ipod touch. I cannot get beyond the question asking me for a network name. I don't have a mobile telephone which I think this question is referring to. All I want from an ipod is to listen to music. What should I do?

I've just bought an ipod touch but I cannot get beyond the question asking me for a network name. I don't have a mobile telephone which I think this question is referring to. All I want from an ipod is to listen to music. What should I do?

You have to activate a new iPod by either setting it up via wifi network that has an internet connection on to connect to a computer that has iTunes and an internet connection.
You can go to an Apple store or or to a friend's house if necessary

WRT 1900AC and Windows 7 network naming question(s)

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Change Network Name of Wireless Printer

We have several Officejet Pro 8600 in our building. We are printing from them wirelessly, and need to change the name of the printers so that we know which is which. How can I change the network name of a printer?
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You can RIGHT CLICK on the printer in DEVICES AND PRINTERS. It will have a RENAME tab that you can choose to change the name.
You will have to do that on EACH COMPUTER in the building. The printer itself has a HOST name, and that is the NETWORK name.
That's just about the only way you could change the name of the printers.
I hope this helps.
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Cluster resource 'SQL Network Name (SQLCLUS1)' of type 'Network Name' in clustered role 'SQL Server (DB1)' failed.

Cluster resource 'SQL Network Name (SQLCLUS1)' of type 'Network Name' in clustered role 'SQL Server (DB1)' failed.
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I keep getting this error message. Can someone please help. Thank You.
Kranp.

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As the issue is more related to Windows Server high availability
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WebDav using https fails with network name cannot be found.

When I attempt to connect to a Webdav server from a Windows 8.1 box it fails with
System Error 67 has occurred.
The network name cannot be found.
I am using the net.exe USE command with the following syntax:
net.exe use Z: https://dav.DomainYaya.com/ <PASSWORD> /user:USERNAME
This exact syntax works for Windows 7.
I have more than one Windows 8.1 box where this fails.
There are various suggestions found all over the internet for various other situations. They do not apply or do not work.
For example, you will find an issue involving sending Basic authentication over http where there are suggestions about changing HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\WebClient\Parameters
That does not work. There is also discussion about the Webclient service. (it is running). One can find discussion of the redirector. (The SYS file is present and is installed with Windows 8+ anyway.)
Using HTTP only fails similarly but with error 53 (but I only did that as a test.) The issue is the HTTPS version.
I have BTW tried this with two different webdav servers.
Any help is appreciated.
Joe

Hi Joe,
Based on our research, the error 67 have the following several possable causes:
•IIS is not installed or is not running on the server that you are attempting to connect to.
•You have not installed the WebDAV Redirector on your client system.
•The WebClient service is not running on your client system.
•You have not enabled WebDAV on your web site.
•You are using Basic Authentication and connecting to your web site using HTTP instead of HTTPS.
•You are connecting to a web site on your local network that is using Fully-Qualified Domain Names (FQDNs) for name resolution, your web site uses Windows Authentication, and you have not added the web site's FQDN to the proxy server bypass list on your client.
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Using the WebDAV Redirector
http://www.iis.net/learn/publish/using-webdav/using-the-webdav-redirector
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Changing Network Name

I'm just getting started with Airport Extreme. I have 3 questions:
1) The base station does not have an on/off switch. It's OK to leave it on all the time?
2) My set up yielded two networks, my network and one guest network. Do I really need a guest network, if it is just me and my wife using the network? How do I eliminate the guest network?
3)I created these two networks using my real name, not realizing that they would show up as such when people scan for wi-fi access in my vicinity. How do I change my network name without messing up my set up?
thanks
mp

1) The base station does not have an on/off switch. It's OK to leave it on all the time?
Yes, it was designed to operate 24 x 7.
2) My set up yielded two networks, my network and one guest network. Do I really need a guest network, if it is just me and my wife using the network? How do I eliminate the guest network?
No, the guest network would be totally optional. You decision to use it should be dependent on your networking requirements. You can safely disable it without any affect. To disable it, you would need to use the AirPort Utility. (ref: AirPort Utility > Select the AirPort Extreme > Manual Setup > AirPort > Guest Network > Enable guest network (not checked))
3)I created these two networks using my real name, not realizing that they would show up as such when people scan for wi-fi access in my vicinity. How do I change my network name without messing up my set up?
Again, you would use the AirPort Utility to do this. (ref: AirPort Utility > Select the AirPort Extreme > Manual Setup > AirPort > Wireless > Wireless Network Name)

Home network name already exists in Home Hub's dat...

Hello,
How do I delete this database as it's causing so much trouble/problems by assigning multiple names to same static IP address. How do I connect to the database and delete all the record or create new static address assignment. Each time i tried to rename it back, i keep getting the error "Home network name already exists in Home Hub's database." Remote desktop is now connecting to different machine due to this issue
Thanks

Hi,
Thanks for your reply. I have some computers with static IP physically assigned to them (not via home hub but on physically on the computer itself), when I go to Hub manager, advanced settings and home network, the device name with static IP are mapped to wrong IP, if i click on the name and change it, I then get errorr about the database. I am not talking about or refering to DHCP/DHCP table. My problem is with static IP I physically assigned to some devices but coming up on Home Network with a diffrent name mapped to assigned IP on those computer. Really I should be able to change the name to the right one and click on save.
I have some server with static IP and when I RDP (using netbios name) into them, they're connecting to wrong system, checking the hub gave me visibility that those system are mapped to those IP of connected system
Example:
System A - IP 10.10.10.10 (physically assigned on the machine)
System B - IP 10.10.10.11 (Physically assigned on the machine)
RDP to System A, you get system B desktop, checked Home HUB, system A is mapped to system B IP (not sure if I'm making sense here)
Please forget about DHCP, those are all fine and not really worry about those one
My question is: How do I clear Home Hub database as described in the error, is this possible

"The home folder could not be created because the network name cannot be found" error in AD users and computers

Our home folders are stored on a non-windows NAS device and with Windows XP and 2003 we've always got the above error when creating or modifying users home folders, even when the shares were al ready created and being used.
However this was never really a big issue as the error that popped up was really for information and finshed with a "we've modified the user properties anyway, please create the share manually" type message.
Unfortunately now we are moving to windows 7 and 2008R2, this last part of the the message is missing and it won't accept the correct value.
This issue may be in the way that the NAS device shares the folder, as only the username that matches the folder name can access the share. This behaviour can't be modified.
Is there a way to get Windows 7/2008R2 AD users and computers to behave the same way that Windows XP/2003 does , i.e. don't try and create the share just set the value in the user properties ?
The AD is still at 2003 level and we can still use Windows XP/2003 clients to make the changes but this is a bit of a limitation.

The KB article is almost what we have apart from theitalic underlined
part
Consider the following scenario:
You use a domain administrator account to log on to a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2.
You use the Active Directory Users and Computers Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in to connect to a domain controller.
You open the Properties dialog box of a user account.
The user account has sole access to a shared folder path that cannot be accessed by the administrator account.
You set the Remote Desktop Services Home Folderattribute to the shared folder path.
NoteThis attribute is located on the
Remote Desktop Services Profiletab.
You click Apply or OK.
In this scenario, you receive the following error message:
The home folder could not be created because: The network name cannot be found.
Note If you click Apply or OK again, no error message is returned. However, the setting is not saved.
I think the important bit is
The user account has sole access to a shared folder path that cannot be accessed by the administrator account.
We manually create the shares on our NAS and then just want to enter the path in the profile tab, I suppose the question is how to we stop it trying to create the shares ?

How to setup Guest Network Name in Cisco Router

Hello everyone!
The first. Sorry my english =)
I want tald you how to change guest network name in cisco (what have different name)
What we need.
1. Cisco Connect for Mac OSX (i use snow leopard and Cisco Connect for E3000)
2. Terminal
Okay. Let's go.
1. Install Cisco Connect for OSX
2. After setup - slighty setup your cisco router (give something name and password), then, when cisco connect say you "You now connected the internet" and going to main screen - exit from cisco connect
3. Open Terminal (Or you can use Finder (go to Application, show package content Cisco Connect))
4. Go to /Application/Cisco Connect.app/Contents/Resources/lcid/<your setup language, for english - go 1033>/
5. Edit resource_strings.pus (vi resource_strings.pus)
6. Change "-guest" in string <LocalizableString RcFileId='10019' BaseTextHash='0xA65E286D' BaseText='-guest'/> for something what you want. For example, i changed for ' Guest Network'
7. Save
8. Open Cisco Setup
9. Go to router configuration and change desired name. I changed to 'Grizlly Bear'
10. After setup name - go to Guest Setting and Enable. As you can si, your guest network name set as 'Grizlly Bear Guest Network'
11.Exit Cisco Setup
12. Go to web interface setup
13. Setup Wifi manual and change SSID for diferent names. I change 5Gh to 'Grizlly Bear Hi-Speed Network' and 2.4GHz to 'Grizlly Bear Main Network'
14. Setup your hostname for all services (fileserver, media server, etc)
Woala!
We have three diferent names network!
Questions?

In order to enable Guest networking, the AirPort Extreme must be configured as your "main" Internet router. In this configuration, Connection Sharing = Share a Public IP address. The Extreme would be connected directly to the Internet modem and NOT downstream of another router with NAT enabled.
In this configuration, the Guest network would provide access ONLY to the Internet and NOT to your LAN.

How do i get a network name? HOSTNAME=... doesn't work anymore

Hi,
I'm sure this question sounds very n00by, but this used to be working just fine in archlinux by setting the hostname variable and that was the network name as well. No issue and worked like a charme. However, i reinstalled my system and i got the (unpleasant) surprise of a lot of changes.
So, what's the "new" equivalent of HOSTNAME="pc-name" so that it works on the network again? I'm using just the default stock network stuff but with a static ip, no special things.
Right now i do have my hostname set in rc.conf but i can't ping my machine by that name. No, nothing in the local network changed. It really is only a reinstall of a local machine.
Cheers,
Mark

2ManyDogs wrote:
Do you also have the hostname set in /etc/hostname and /etc/hosts?
ArchWiki wrote:
A host name is a unique name created to identify a machine on a network. With Arch Linux, a machine's host name is set in /etc/hostname or until a restart using the hostname command. Host names are restricted to alphanumeric characters. The hyphen (-) can be used, but a host name cannot start or end with it. Length is restricted to 63 characters.
Simply put your host name in to /etc/hostname (archlinux is the host name in this example):
archlinux
After setting a host name, it is also important to include the same host name in /etc/hosts. This will help processes that refer to the computer by its host name to find its IP address, as well as programs that rely on the gethostname() system call to determine the system's host name.
Edit /etc/hosts and add the same HOSTNAME you entered in /etc/hostname:
127.0.0.1 archlinux.domain.org localhost.localdomain localhost archlinux
And do you have a nameserver in /etc/resolv.conf?
If none of this works, can you try using dhcp in your rc.conf just to make sure it's a config problem?
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/HO … e_hostname
Hi,
I tried your suggestions and using dhcp it works partly.
This is my static config:
interface=eth0
address=192.168.1.99
netmask=255.255.255.0
broadcast=192.168.1.255
gateway=192.168.1.2
When i use dhcp (so comment out the lines except interface=eth0) then i do get the name assigned, but i can't ping the pc or access it by name. I can by ip.
If you have more suggestions, please do share
Cheers,
Mark

E4200v2 - Guest Network Name: STRANGE behavior!

on a E4200v2, the Guest Network Name is not behaving rationally!
I have 2 E4200v2's, running 2.0.37, bought at same time and configured identically, including both in BRIDGE mode (access points only) and both with the 2.4ghz network name is "acme".
On one device the Guest Network Name is correct "acme-guest" but on the other device it is "cisco08996-guest".
(Also, the even wierder thing is that 08996 is not the correct serial number for this device, it's really 08273, so you'd expect it to default back to "cisco08273" but it never does)
I have tried many things to try to get it to revert to "acme-guest" but it just won't budge. It seems like some sort of deep-seated bug in the configuration settings.
I've tried:
* reboot the device
* disable Guest Access then reboot then re-enable
* disable 2.4Ghz WiFi & Guest Access, then reboot, then re-enable both
Nothing works!
I don't really have time to reset & redo this devices config from scratch, and it's a very busy device anyway. So I'd much rather there was a way to fix this problem without downtime to the users.
Anyone faced this same problem? Any solutions or tricks??
Thanks in advance!

earthmyrll120288 wrote:
If the router is set to Bridge Mode, Guest Access is not going to work. Wireless devices would see the network broadcasting but it is not going to work.
Not true actually. I find it has worked great. And another user on these boards (Counsil?) has said likewise.
The article/point you refer to is talking about cascading routers, which we're NOT doing. And it also talks about LAN-to-LAN access, which we're NOT doing.
We are just using Guest Network to share the Internet securely which it seems to do fine.
So I'm back to my original question about the Guest Network Name... anybody have any experience with the behavior I reported in my opening post?

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