URGENT question on Qwest WiFi routers...

[JD Austin]

I know the default SSID for their PK5000 dsl router/modem is like that.



On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 10:24, Jim March <1.jim.march at gmail.com> wrote:

> Folks,
>
> This is both geek and election related.
>
> I need to know if anybody has encountered a WiFi router that automatically
> creates an SSID consisting of "myqwest" followed with no spaces by four
> numbers - seems to be standard "base 10" vs. hex or whatever.  I need to
> know if the numeric portion of the SSID was auto-generated, and if so if the
> SSID changes on each boot -  for example, a single device will be
> "myqwest4529" and then later automagically change to "myqwest2450" or
> whatever.
>
> OR, would those last four digits be locked to a given WiFi router?
>
> Put another way: if I see an SSID of "myqwest1234" one day and
> "myqwest4321" the next, is it likely, plausible or possible that it's the
> same device both days?  What is the significance of those last four digits?
> Does a human put them in there?  Are they locked into that pattern?
>
> Importance is...extreme.  Cannot go into details yet.  Affects the most
> recent election in Maricopa County.
>
> Jim
>
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