SSID is changed after firmware update

SSID is is something you use to your Wireless network with, In old firmwares, there were certain things like “TP-Link_2.4GHz_130918” and “TP-Link_5GHz_130917” to define the default SSID of 2.4GHz and 5GHz, which could have made it difficult for some smart phones to display the whole part of the SSID. Therefore, it’s not possible to make a distinction between 2.4GHz and 5GHz. Newer firmwares have shrunken the default SSID to eradicate this issue.

 How to discover the new WIFI name/SSID tplinkwifi net?

1.  While  looking LAN MAC address on behind the label.

Let's take the router Archer 5. MAC address of Archer C5 is “E8-DE-27-83-4C-AA” The last digit A stands for 10.

 

There are other things to take into consideration for example

The original 2.4GHz SSID is “TP-Link_2.4GHz_834CA9”;

 

What is the default SSID?

Everything has changed now especially the SSID of  2.4GHz which is TP-Link_4CAA, it can be discovered by the last four digits of the MAC Address.

Both the 2.4 GHz and 5GHz versions are different, for example. The optimised 5GHz SSID is TP-Link_4CA9_5G, which is also identified by the last four digits of MAC address-1_5G of the MAC Address.

 

2.   At the end all you have to do is make sure you enter the user id and password to sign into the management page of router.