Short for service set identifier, SSID is a 32 alphanumeric identification given to devices on a wireless network. A device wanting to connect to a wireless network with an SSID enabled must have the same SSID to communicate. When connecting to a home network, you may see multiple SSIDs from your neighbor’s wireless routers.

A BSSID, short for Basic Service Set Identifier unlike the SSID is unique to the access point and does not transfer between multiple access points.

BSS, Computer acronyms, IEEE 802.11, Network terms, WEP, WLAN, WPA

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