things you should not name your wireless network

Page 3 - Seeking answers? Join the AnandTech community: where nearly half-a-million members share solutions and discuss the latest tech.

Demon-Xanth

Lifer
Feb 15, 2000
20,551
2
81
*fires up a spare router*
*names it "Free Porn"*
*doesn't hook anything up to it besides the power brick*
 

slag

Lifer
Dec 14, 2000
10,473
81
101
I named my buffalo54g router to NETGEAR for the longest time to see if people would try to log in and fail and they did. Then I flashed it to DD-WRT and renamed it to Buffalo54g.
 

Crusty

Lifer
Sep 30, 2001
12,684
2
81
I have a wifi network I leave open for my neighbors... but the internets come out upside down if you use it...
 

CZroe

Lifer
Jun 24, 2001
24,195
857
126
I like Howard Stern. My neighbor across the street got a kick out of it when he saw it. I'm sure the bible thumpers next door think I'm the anti-christ but I don't care.

One more time. What kind of "kick" did it give you or your neighbor? It's just the name of a crass celeb personality, right? *shrug* I like Nintendo games. If I couldn't think of anything else and named my router "Miyamoto" after their famed game designer, I wouldn't think anything of it nor would I expect anyone else.
 
Last edited:

JulesMaximus

No Lifer
Jul 3, 2003
74,580
982
126
One more time. What kind of "kick" did it give you or your neighbor? It's just the name of a crass celeb personality, right? *shrug* I like Nintendo games. If I couldn't think of anything else and named my router "Miyamoto" after their famed game designer, I wouldn't think anything of it nor would I expect anyone else.

You're right...I'm going to change the name of my wireless network to "who pissed in your cornflakes."
 

Ramma2

Platinum Member
Jul 29, 2002
2,710
1
0
There's an open network near my house, about as open as it gets. Linksys is the ssid, admin/admin is the user and pass, with an unsecured wireless printer on the network as a bonus. I haven't done anything mischievous yet but I almost have to.
 

OCGuy

Lifer
Jul 12, 2000
27,224
37
91
There's an open network near my house, about as open as it gets. Linksys is the ssid, admin/admin is the user and pass, with an unsecured wireless printer on the network as a bonus. I haven't done anything mischievous yet but I almost have to.

Print loads of CP
Call local PD
.......



(note: dont do this)
 

Train

Lifer
Jun 22, 2000
13,587
82
91
www.bing.com
Back when I stole internet I started to get kicked off repeatedly. It seems someone was on to me. Then I changed my computer's name to "Printer" and never got kicked off again.

Used to steal internet while in Iraq. Used the "for official use only" network. Which was way better than trying to use the next to impossible to get on commercial network.

All you had to do was name your computer something very official sounding, and it got left alone. All the noobs got thier lappys confiscated for leaving thier network id as "Joe's Laptop" or something obvious like that.
 
Oct 27, 2007
17,009
5
0
ShutYourdogUp.png
 

drum

Diamond Member
Feb 1, 2003
6,810
4
81
Originally Posted by CZroe
One more time. What kind of "kick" did it give you or your neighbor? It's just the name of a crass celeb personality, right? *shrug* I like Nintendo games. If I couldn't think of anything else and named my router "Miyamoto" after their famed game designer, I wouldn't think anything of it nor would I expect anyone else.

You're right...I'm going to change the name of my wireless network to "who pissed in your cornflakes."

That is the appropriate response :D

Ours was J004U back in the day
 

Dr. Zaus

Lifer
Oct 16, 2008
11,764
347
126
One more time. What kind of "kick" did it give you or your neighbor? It's just the name of a crass celeb personality, right? *shrug* I like Nintendo games. If I couldn't think of anything else and named my router "Miyamoto" after their famed game designer, I wouldn't think anything of it nor would I expect anyone else.

You are wrong! Miyamoto is an awesome name!

Why are we broadcasting our ids again?
 

QueBert

Lifer
Jan 6, 2002
22,976
1,178
126
One more time. What kind of "kick" did it give you or your neighbor? It's just the name of a crass celeb personality, right? *shrug* I like Nintendo games. If I couldn't think of anything else and named my router "Miyamoto" after their famed game designer, I wouldn't think anything of it nor would I expect anyone else.

The average Stern fan is super easily amused, I use to work with people who listened to him. If you knew any Stern listeners you'd understand why one seeing a "Howard Stern" SSID would make their day.
 

TraumaRN

Diamond Member
Jun 5, 2005
6,893
63
91
The neighbor who lives behind me, really nice guy with a couple of small kids has an encrypted ID of GOFUCKURSELF

I really laughing pretty hard first time I hooked the internet up when I moved it. I have suggested he change it considering the small children...but for now funny :)