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 ### I can't connect multiple RIOT nodes to a broker, what can I do?
 Each node that connects to the broker must have a unique node ID string set. Per
-default, this example sets this statically ID to `getrud`. If you want to
+default, this example sets this statically ID to `gertrud`. If you want to
 connect more than one node to the broker, you need to set a custom ID for each
 node during compile time. Simply use the `EMCUTE_ID` environment variable for
 this, e.g. build with `EMCUTE_ID=horst make all`.