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Duplicate name exists on Network (NOT computer name)

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  • Wireless Network
  • Computers
  • Networking
  • WiFi
  • Netgear
September 25, 2014 12:06:57 PM

I have a wireless network called "Netgear" (yeah, lazy). I have a computer in another room (Windows XP) that uses a Netgear WiFi dongle (WN111) and I get the duplicate name error on it. The name of the wireless network connection on the WiFi computer is defaulting to "Netgear" and I have not been able to find a way to change it. Yes, I could change the network name on the WiFi router, but I have laptops, cell phones, printers, and a blu-ray player all connected to the network and I don't want to deal with changing everything because this one computer does not want to play nice.
So... can the name (SSID?) on the WiFi computer be changed?

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