How to Set a Custom WiFi Hotspot Name on the DJI Neo 2
Peter Leslie
21 May 2026
If you cannot tell which DJI hotspot belongs to which airframe in the phone Wi-Fi list, or QuickTransfer keeps offering you the wrong drone, the fix is a single field tucked inside DJI Fly — open Settings, drop into About, and tap the pencil icon next to Wi-Fi Name. There is no on-drone control for the SSID and no controller-side override, so the in-app About pane is the only route to rename the hotspot that the DJI Neo 2 broadcasts.
Most drone pilots reach for this when a second DJI drone joins the kit and the phone Wi-Fi list suddenly shows two near-identical entries, when QuickTransfer keeps grabbing the wrong airframe, or when a client wants a recognisable site label on the network. Either way the click path is the same: three-dot icon in the camera view, About category, pencil icon next to Wi-Fi Name, type the SSID, OK.
Quick guide
To set a custom Wi-Fi hotspot name on the DJI Neo 2, go to DJI Fly → Camera View → three-dot Settings icon → About → pencil icon next to Wi-Fi Name → type the SSID (no spaces) → OK. The new SSID saves to the drone itself, so the renamed hotspot travels with the airframe across phone swaps and DJI Fly reinstalls.
Step-by-step: How to Set a Custom WiFi Hotspot Name on the DJI Neo 2
Follow these top to bottom the first time, and you will know the path off by heart the second time.
Drop into the DJI Neo 2 camera view inside DJI Fly
With the DJI Neo 2 powered on and the remote controller paired to the phone, launch DJI Fly and tap Go Fly to enter the camera view. The live feed from the drone fills the screen and the top bar exposes the Settings entry point that the Wi-Fi rename flow lives behind.
Tap the three-dot Settings icon at the top right of the camera view
Look to the top-right corner of the camera view for the three-dot icon. Tap it once to slide the Settings panel in over the live feed. The panel exposes a category column on the left and the active category pane on the right.
Scroll the category column down to the About entry
The category column down the left edge of the Settings panel lists Safety, Control, Camera, Transmission, and About in order. Scroll the column to the very bottom if the About row is not in view, and tap it. The pane on the right swaps to the device identity fields.
Locate the Wi-Fi Name row inside the About pane
The About pane lists Name at the top and Wi-Fi Name a short way down the same column. Below the Wi-Fi Name row sit the serial number, firmware version, and regulatory entries. The Wi-Fi Name row is the SSID the drone broadcasts and is the only Wi-Fi field in the pane that is editable.
Tap the pencil icon to the right of the Wi-Fi Name field
Tap the small pencil icon sat to the right of the existing Wi-Fi Name value. A single-line text field opens with the current SSID pre-filled and a soft keyboard slides up from the bottom of the screen. The cursor lands at the end of the existing string ready for edits.
Clear the default SSID and type the custom hotspot name
Hold the backspace key to clear the default DJI Neo 2 SSID, then type the hotspot label you want the drone to broadcast from now on. Letters, numbers, hyphens, and underscores only — the field validator rejects spaces and flashes an error if one slips in, so keep it as one continuous string such as NeoTwoSiteA or Neo2-Roof.
Tap OK to push the new SSID to the drone
Tap the OK button on the keyboard or inline dialog to commit the new SSID. The keyboard collapses and the About pane refreshes with the new value sat in the Wi-Fi Name row. The drone restarts its hotspot under the new label in the background — the change is live by the time the keyboard slides away.
Forget the old SSID on the phone Wi-Fi settings and rejoin the new one
Open the phone Wi-Fi settings, find the old DJI Neo 2 SSID in the saved-networks list, and tap Forget. Then look for the new SSID in the live Wi-Fi list and join it — QuickTransfer and Wi-Fi Devices both pick the new label up automatically once the phone is back on the renamed hotspot.
Peter's tip
I keep the SSID short and serial-tied — something like Neo2-A1B2 using the last four digits of the airframe serial — and skip site labels for the Wi-Fi name even when I am using site labels for the device Name. The Wi-Fi list on the phone truncates long SSIDs harder than the in-app device picker does, and a four-character serial tail is what stays readable in QuickTransfer on a multi-drone job.
Frequently asked questions
Does the new Wi-Fi hotspot name save to the DJI Neo 2 itself or only to DJI Fly?
The SSID is written to the drone, not just to the phone. The next phone that pairs with the DJI Neo 2 sees the same custom hotspot label in its Wi-Fi list, so the rename survives a phone swap, a DJI Fly reinstall, and a controller change. The only way back to the factory SSID is to type the original DJI Neo 2 string into the Wi-Fi Name field again.
Why does the DJI Neo 2 reject spaces in the Wi-Fi hotspot name?
The Wi-Fi Name field on the DJI Neo 2 is a strict SSID field, so spaces are filtered out at the validator and an error flashes if one slips in. Stick to letters, numbers, hyphens, and underscores; anything else risks the OK button refusing to commit. The cleanest pattern is one continuous string such as NeoTwoSiteA or Neo2-Roof.
Are there length or character limits on the DJI Neo 2 Wi-Fi hotspot name?
DJI Fly accepts a short SSID of a couple of dozen ASCII characters with no spaces; longer strings are truncated when the field is saved. Keep it short enough to read at a glance in the phone Wi-Fi list. Emoji and accented characters render unreliably across the pairing dialog and break QuickTransfer discovery on some Android builds.
Why would I bother renaming the DJI Neo 2 Wi-Fi hotspot in the first place?
A custom SSID makes the drone obvious at a glance when more than one DJI airframe is broadcasting nearby — the difference between NeoTwoSiteA and a generic DJI-Neo2-xxxx is what saves time on a multi-drone shoot. Drone pilots running a small fleet rename the hotspot on every unit with the serial tail or the site identifier so the right airframe is selected first time in QuickTransfer and Wi-Fi Devices.
Will renaming the Wi-Fi hotspot break my existing controller pairing?
No. The remote controller pairing uses a separate radio link to the drone — the Wi-Fi SSID is only used by the phone-to-drone hop for QuickTransfer and Mobile App Control. Renaming the hotspot has no effect on the controller bind, and the controller continues to fly the drone as before. Only the phone needs to relearn the new SSID.
Will I have to forget the old Wi-Fi network on my phone after renaming?
Yes, briefly. Open the phone Wi-Fi settings, find the old DJI Neo 2 SSID in the saved-networks list, and forget it so the phone does not try to rejoin the dead label on the next pairing. Once forgotten, the new SSID shows up in the live Wi-Fi list when the drone is powered on and the phone joins it cleanly on the first attempt.
What if the pencil icon next to the Wi-Fi Name field will not respond when I tap it?
Confirm the drone is fully connected and the live feed is showing in the camera view — the Wi-Fi Name field is read-only until that handshake is complete. Update DJI Fly to the latest release if the icon is still inert, then force-close the app and reopen it. A stale pairing is the usual cause; powering the drone off and back on while leaving DJI Fly running clears it in most cases.
A clean Wi-Fi hotspot name on the DJI Neo 2 is a kit-management habit, not a one-off vanity tweak. Rename the SSID on every airframe the day it arrives, line it up with the device Name and the asset log, and the right drone is the first one selected every time you open QuickTransfer on a multi-drone job.
If you are not sure what naming convention to use across a growing kit, drop the fleet details to peter@hiredronepilot.uk and I will come back to you directly. The video version of this walkthrough is on YouTube and the comments are open.
References
Primary source material for this article is the official DJI Neo 2 documentation and DJI Fly. External links open in a new tab.
- DJI Neo 2 — Downloads (User Manual, Quick Start Guide, firmware notes) · Wi-Fi pairing behaviour, QuickTransfer flow, and DJI Fly Settings layout for the DJI Neo 2.
- DJI Neo 2 — Specifications (UK) · The airframe radio specifications and supported app pairing chain referenced by the About pane.
- DJI Fly — App download and release notes · The app that hosts the Settings panel, the About category, and the Wi-Fi Name edit dialog. Release notes record any layout changes between app versions.
Peter Leslie
Founder & GVC Drone Pilot
Peter is the founder of HireDronePilot. With thousands of logged commercial flight hours, he writes about drone technology, commercial surveying tactics, and UK aviation compliance.
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