# What is your wifi network name? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 24, 2016, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-wifi-network-name/746951 "2016-02-24T04:36:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-wifi-network-name/746951/41 "2016-02-26T03:54:56Z")
> [@MoonMoon](#): > > help help i’ve been hacked! Direct pressure where its bleeding & if you see a Dr, bring any lopped off bits with you. yw. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-wifi-network-name/746951/42 "2016-02-26T03:58:47Z")
“Series of Tubes” I’ve been feeling the joke’s a bit dated, but changing the SSID would necessitate reconfiguring a 8-10 different devices, several of which would be a pain in the butt to reconfigure. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-wifi-network-name/746951/43 "2016-02-26T04:17:26Z")
We always know when new students move in next door when the wireless names change. The latest bunch were some younger engineering students. Wireless name: Mr. Harry P. Ness ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-wifi-network-name/746951/44 "2016-02-26T04:31:34Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Linksys. Mine is the oh so imaginative NETGEAR. My neighbors NETGEAR54, NETGEAR56, NETGEAR75, and NETGEARRRR are obviously just as brilliant as I am. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-wifi-network-name/746951/45 "2016-02-26T11:38:29Z")
Ours came self-named as _Shy Penguin_. We saw no reason to change it, because we have no imagination about stuff like that. OK, mostly we just don’t care… ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-wifi-network-name/746951/46 "2016-02-26T12:42:18Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > Mine’s boring, but my neighbor’s is “FBI Surveillance Unit 3.” Mine is “FBI Surveillance Van 3” ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-wifi-network-name/746951/47 "2016-02-26T13:36:21Z")
Whatever name Verizon gave it, I don’t know what it is offhand. I could change it, but then it wouldn’t be conveniently printed on the router. ---
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-wifi-network-name/746951/48 "2016-02-26T14:33:46Z")
Kowalbert which is a mashup of our names. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-wifi-network-name/746951/49 "2016-02-26T17:42:11Z")
IsThisTheKrustyKrab Well, it’s funny to us. ---
**Author:** ![RollOutTheBarrel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rolloutthebarrel/32/1649_2.png) [@RollOutTheBarrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RollOutTheBarrel)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-wifi-network-name/746951/50 "2016-02-26T18:00:38Z")
Mine is “zombieHunter”. It was originally “zombie hunter”, but my phone couldn’t connect to it when there was a space so I camel-cased it. I was really into playing zombie games at the time. Since that’s less true now, I’ve been thinking about changing it. There are some good ones in this thread; I might steal one of yours. 🙂 About half the people in range (I live in an apartment, so there’s quite a few) use the default name for their network. One of the custom names that stands out is “buttplugsgalore”. I always snicker when I see it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![little\_bit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@little\_bit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/little_bit)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-wifi-network-name/746951/51 "2016-02-26T18:04:34Z")
NSA\_Intercept ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-wifi-network-name/746951/52 "2016-02-26T20:02:42Z")
We seem to do this thread a couple of times a year. My home wifi is ‘Mind Control Platform MN-034B’. I named my iPhone ‘Voices in your Head’ so that’s what shows up on people’s lists when I’m using my hotspot. ---
**Author:** ![skdo23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@skdo23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skdo23)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-wifi-network-name/746951/53 "2016-02-26T21:09:28Z")
Flancrest Enterprises ---
**Author:** ![Epimetheus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c4cdca/32.png) [@Epimetheus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Epimetheus)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-wifi-network-name/746951/54 "2016-02-26T21:12:52Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > ChaosManor. Self-explanatory, at least to anyone who spends more than a little time here. Mine’s actually Thelbane, which, obscurely, is similar. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-wifi-network-name/746951/55 "2016-02-26T21:15:30Z")
The New Sausage. The story behind it is probably more boring than what everyone can just make up on their own. ---
**Author:** ![Sarabellum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarabellum/32/3492_2.png) [@Sarabellum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarabellum)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-wifi-network-name/746951/56 "2016-02-27T02:07:20Z")
Ours is boring, but a neighbor’s is Bill Wi the Science Fi. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-wifi-network-name/746951.md?page=2)