Can you change the Network number?


  1. Posts : 6,292
    Windows 7 64 Bit Home Premium SP1
       #1

    Can you change the Network number?


    OK, this is not a critical matter or anything, but it annoys us obsessive-compulsive types!

    I just upgraded my router and now my wired connection icon in the taskbar, and the Home Network in Network and Sharing Center says "Network 2".
    There is only one network. On my XP computer it is "Local Area Network 4".

    Can that be changed? Where? How?
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  2. Posts : 17,545
    Windows 10 Pro x64 EN-GB
       #2

    Right click connection icon in taskbar notification area, choose Open Network and Sharing Center. Choose Change adapter settings from the left pane link list. Right click the connection you want to rename, choose Rename from the context menu and name it as you wish.

    Can you change the Network number?-rename_network_connection.png

    Kari
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  3. Posts : 8,870
    Windows 7 Ult, Windows 8.1 Pro,
       #3

    TVeblen said:
    OK, this is not a critical matter or anything, but it annoys us obsessive-compulsive types!

    I just upgraded my router and now my wired connection icon in the taskbar, and the Home Network in Network and Sharing Center says "Network 2".
    There is only one network. On my XP computer it is "Local Area Network 4".

    Can that be changed? Where? How?
    You can also rename the network by clicking on the little house. The picture makes it clear.

    The one Kari posted will rename the network connection on the right side of the page, mine will rename the one with the little house.
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Can you change the Network number?-rename-network.png  
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  4. Posts : 6,292
    Windows 7 64 Bit Home Premium SP1
    Thread Starter
       #4

    chev65 said:
    You can rename the network by clicking on the little house. The picture makes it clear.
    Way too easy
    How could I have missed that?

    Thank You!
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  5. Posts : 8,870
    Windows 7 Ult, Windows 8.1 Pro,
       #5

    TVeblen said:
    chev65 said:
    You can rename the network by clicking on the little house. The picture makes it clear.
    Way too easy
    How could I have missed that?

    Thank You!
    Clicking on that little house threw off awhile back also, it's so easy that you can miss it, if it was a snake it would have bit you kind of deals.
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  6. Posts : 17,545
    Windows 10 Pro x64 EN-GB
       #6

    chev65 said:
    Clicking on that little house threw off awhile back also, it's so easy that you can miss it, if it was a snake it would have bit you kind of deals.
    It's a bit funny that to change your network type (Home, Public, Work), the link is clearly marked, but there's no indication that to change connection name you just have to click the house next to that link
    Can you change the Network number?-network_name_and_type.png
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  7. Posts : 94
    Windows 7 Professional 32-bit///Vista Home Premium 32-bit
       #7

    OMG!!

    So easy on Vista, and hidden in PLAIN SIGHT in Windows 7.

    LOL

    Thank you
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  8. Posts : 21
    Windows 7 home premium x64
       #8

    You guys saved my life! Yes, I'm one of those obssessive types haha...

    Thanks guys, it was way too easy
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