You have recently purchased a new wireless router. You would like to configure a name for your wireless network so that you can easily identify it when scanning available wireless networks. Which…

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Options

• ADefault gateway
• BWireless access point (AP)
• CAccess Point Identifier (API)
• DService Set Identifier (SSID)

• A
  3% (1)
• C
  3% (1)
• D
  95% (38)

Explanation

Service Set Identifier (SSID) is the technical term for the name assigned to a wireless network - it's what appears in your device's list of available Wi-Fi networks, like "HomeNetwork_5G" or "CoffeeShopWiFi."

• A (Default gateway) is wrong because that refers to the router's IP address used to route traffic outside your local network - it's a network address, not a name.
• B (Wireless access point) is wrong because an AP is the physical device that broadcasts the wireless signal, not the name given to the network it broadcasts.
• C (Access Point Identifier/API) is a fabricated distractor - "API" in networking/software refers to an Application Programming Interface, and "Access Point Identifier" is not a real standard term.

Memory tip: Think of SSID as the network's "social name" - the String you See when you scan for wi-fi ID entifying which network is which. If you can see it in the Wi-Fi dropdown, it's the SSID.

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