# Uh.. Weird WiFi connection names... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 25, 2009, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-weird-wifi-connection-names/482879 "2009-01-25T03:33:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![QuercusMax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/8baadc/32.png) [@QuercusMax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuercusMax)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-weird-wifi-connection-names/482879/21 "2009-01-25T19:16:44Z")
Mine is currently named Gorgonzola. It’s unsecured, but somebody would have to be sitting in my driveway to access it. Heck, I can’t even use it outside my house! My favorite is when I’m sitting at a long stop light, and whip out my iPhone and see I’m on wifi - usually to an access point named “linksys”. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-weird-wifi-connection-names/482879/22 "2009-01-25T19:25:23Z")
The ones I can see from here are all quite boringly-named. Oddly, there are two where “Mehio” is the first part of the name. Is that a brand? (none of my neighbors are named Mehio). One “home” and one “linksys”, both unsecured. Ours may change in a few days when the FIOS installer comes - supposedly that comes with a wireless router also. We may have the installer turn off the wi-fo on their router and just connect it via ethernet to our router, as we at least know the security setup on our own. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-weird-wifi-connection-names/482879/23 "2009-01-25T20:43:36Z")
“Registered Sex Offender” would turn up in my neighborhood–a little bit disconcerting, that. Haven’t seen it recently though. ---
**Author:** ![flex727](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/258eb7/32.png) [@flex727](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flex727)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-weird-wifi-connection-names/482879/24 "2009-01-25T21:10:47Z")
There’s one near me called “It’s a trap!”. ---
**Author:** ![Borderline\_Blonde](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/borderline_blonde/32/6479_2.png) [@Borderline\_Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Borderline_Blonde)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-weird-wifi-connection-names/482879/25 "2009-01-25T22:38:23Z")
Well, we’re real _classy_ folks, just like **MsRobyn** ’s former neighbor. 😃 We named our (secured) network “GetYourOwnFuckingConnection”. A few weeks later we noticed a new connection, “IHazPwnFuknKnexshunNowNoThx2U”. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-weird-wifi-connection-names/482879/26 "2009-01-25T22:56:47Z")
> [@Randy\_Seltzer](#): > > I find this subject fascinating: an SSID is a way to communicate totally anonymously with the few hundred feet around you… There’s also the welcome message you can specify for the base station to send to computers that join the network. Mine says, “_Bonvenon al la sendrata reto de Komiksulo, uzante 802.11b/g je 2,4 GHz._” Yes, it’s in Esperanto. ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-weird-wifi-connection-names/482879/27 "2009-01-25T22:59:05Z")
> [@MsRobyn](#): > > Our now-former neighbor named his “Get off my fucking network”. Classy guy. We must have his more genteel cousin in our building – he goes by **get your own**. There’s also: **pimpjuice** (…I don’t even want to know) **Butch and Sundance** **icecream** **PCLoadLetter** (an _Office Space_ fan?) ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-weird-wifi-connection-names/482879/28 "2009-01-25T23:03:06Z")
> [@Rick](#): > > Do you live next door to me? I dunno. Where do you live? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-weird-wifi-connection-names/482879/29 "2009-01-25T23:14:19Z")
My G1 remembers an out-of-range network called CLTNET. (It’s the wifi at Charlotte Douglas International Airport) ---
**Author:** ![trapezoidal\_jellyfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6f9a4e/32.png) [@trapezoidal\_jellyfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trapezoidal_jellyfish)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-weird-wifi-connection-names/482879/30 "2009-01-25T23:21:07Z")
I used to see one called “Steal This Network.” it was secured, though. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-weird-wifi-connection-names/482879/31 "2009-01-26T00:10:38Z")
Mine has the simple monicker of Linksys. Straight out of the box with only a couple of changes to the config. Of course, if you’re connected to it you’re trespassing on private property and I will avail myself of my right to put a slug through your wireless device. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-weird-wifi-connection-names/482879/32 "2009-01-26T01:26:48Z")
Above me is “Cat’s Cradle” and “Go go Godzilla” How do you change the name of your wiFi thing? ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-weird-wifi-connection-names/482879/33 "2009-01-26T01:35:28Z")
It varies depending on the unit. The name is formally called an SSID (Service Set Identifier, I think). The configuration pages for your unit should give you an option for changing it. You may be able to connect to them by looking at your network preferences, finding the IP address of the base station, and typing “http://” followed by the numeric IP address, followed by “/” at the address bar of a browser. On my Mac it’s different. You start “Airport Utility” and that goes out and finds the base station, then presents you with an interface to adjust it. ---
**Author:** ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-weird-wifi-connection-names/482879/34 "2009-01-26T01:42:44Z")
> [@freekalette](#): > > Aw, hell. :smack: I didn’t now the guy was a historical figure; shows how much I know! :smack: > > Ignorance fought, thanks. _goes back to lurking_ If it makes you feel any better, I was wondering the same thing as I read through. _also going back to lurking_ ---
**Author:** ![QuercusMax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/8baadc/32.png) [@QuercusMax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuercusMax)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-weird-wifi-connection-names/482879/35 "2009-01-26T02:04:43Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > On my Mac it’s different. You start “Airport Utility” and that goes out and finds the base station, then presents you with an interface to adjust it. This only works if you’re using an Apple Airport base station. If you have another router, you’d have to do it by IP address in a web browser. What I will say is the default address of most routers is [http://192.168.1.1](http://192.168.1.1), with blank username and password ‘admin’. And if somebody has hijacked and reconfigured yours, you should be able to do a factory reset to clear everything out and set it back to the defaults. Usually you hold down the reset button until things start blinking. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-weird-wifi-connection-names/482879/36 "2009-01-26T02:19:03Z")
> [@QuercusMax](#): > > This only works if you’re using an Apple Airport base station. If you have another router, you’d have to do it by IP address in a web browser. Oops, yes you’re right. I knew I was forgetting one critical piece of information. 🙂 > [@QuercusMax](#): > > What I will say is the default address of most routers is [http://192.168.1.1](http://192.168.1.1), with blank username and password ‘admin’. And if somebody has hijacked and reconfigured yours, you should be able to do a factory reset to clear everything out and set it back to the defaults. Usually you hold down the reset button until things start blinking. Apple base stations, of course, have to be different; by default, they establish themselves in the 10.0.x.x range of IP addresses. That’s still in one of the ‘reserved for internal use’ ranges of IP addresses. ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-weird-wifi-connection-names/482879/37 "2009-01-26T06:50:04Z")
I’ve never bothered to look at other people’s before, but my neighbors carry the names of **chicken nugget Access DENIED rooster Bosch BME SYLVIA Darling Poucca woooo! dlink 2WIRE727 wagner Olivia Papa meathead** (I’m **leela** ) ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-weird-wifi-connection-names/482879/38 "2009-01-26T09:23:20Z")
Godzilla’s Tacos Newport dlink patches Law Enforcement Network Mine is Godzilla’s Tacos ---
**Author:** ![willthekittensurvive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/91b2a8/32.png) [@willthekittensurvive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/willthekittensurvive)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-weird-wifi-connection-names/482879/39 "2009-01-26T10:34:45Z")
My sisters has a open wifi she called “free internet” and sometimes I get a signal from “Mike’s Grandmother” ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-weird-wifi-connection-names/482879/40 "2009-01-26T12:09:17Z")
Mine’s “Anti-tweeker net”. Our neighbors the tweekers were leeching off of it til I turned on the MAC filter. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-weird-wifi-connection-names/482879.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-weird-wifi-connection-names/482879.md?page=3)