How to get rid of old SSID?

[agtabby]

I have a win8 PC, and have this hooked to centurylink modem and wireless router.

For long time I was too lazy to turn on router security. So I entered http://192.168.0.1/ and got screen for modem. That had wireless security menu, and I changed network name, turned on security, and entered password.

OK - go to wifi device. The SSID is shown, and it does require password, and once password entered it does work.

The problem?

the old ssid, still unsecurred, is present and still works. I tried power-cycling the router, no help.

Any ideas?

[thechief]

Go to the router's web interface and delete the ssid, or add security to it.

[agtabby]

how do I get to the router web interface?

When I type in the 192.168.0.1 on my browser I get the **modem** control (century link dsl).

This does have menu for wireless security, and I was able to make ssid with desired name and security. But instead of replacing existing unsecured ssid it only adds a new one. Using model web interface I can't see the old ssid, only new one.

From a wifi device I see two ssid's, one I want and one I don't want. But from modem web interface I can only see one.

[thechief]

Well, what is the IP address of the router? If it is the same as that of the modem, then that is not going to work - you would have to connect to the router directly with an ethernet cable from a PC that has no wireless (or with the wireless disabled). After that, the first thing to do is to give the router a different static IP address from the modem.