What are some funny WiFi network names you've run into? (lemmy.world)

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Ah the humble service set identifier! It seems to have grown from a simple way for access points to identify themselves to potential clients to a little public bulletin board for airing one's grievances toward noisy neighbors or showcasing one's wit.

What notable SSIDs have you run into out in the wild or created yourself?

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[-] Trigger2_2000@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

This shit aint free

[-] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

My home wifi is "Terok Nor", and my mobile hotspot is "runabout".

[-] thanatotus@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

What do that mean?

[-] snuffelbug@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

It's a Deep Space Nine reference

[-] kitten_mittenz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago

Ours has been "hide yo kids hide yo wifi" for about 15 years probably.

[-] NarrativeBear@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Beer&Sausage
LukeIamYourWifi
Networking925
TheLanBeforeTime
WeCanHearYouInBed
YourHeadBoardsLoose
TellYourWiFiSaidHello

[-] spacesatan@leminal.space 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

When I did van life for a while my hotspot was FBI Surveilled Van.

Albuquerque has a major street named Juan Tabo and every time I drove past I wondered who that was, after a dozen times I finally remembered to look it up when I got home and found out that it was just some non-noteworthy guy lost to time. Network became 'discount Juan Tabo lookalike'

[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Saw a similar net here: "FBI Surveillance Van". Fun fact: this is not in the US.

[-] JGrffn@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

For the longest time I had "FBI Van" and "NSA Van" for my 2.4ghz and 5ghz bands respectively. 0 cool stories with that scheme, until I changed the 5ghz one to "Ganon's Tower" and a neighbor eventually joined me and named his wifi "Hyrule Castle". We kept that for a few years until the neighbor moved, I believe

[-] FlyingSpaceCow@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

This LAN is my LAN

This LAN is your LAN (guest Wifi)

[-] eezeebee@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

"Tweakers Live Downstairs". They were right.

[-] ClusterBomb@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 week ago

Once, in vacation, I found a WiFi named "Bob Marley". I don't know anything about Bob Marley, I hate reggae so I'm not interested but I know "No woman no cry" because we learned it at school. So here I was typing "nowomannocry" as password and guess what, I was logged in. 😂

So it is not the SSID in itself which was fun but I figured it was not too unrelated to your question. 😅

[-] shadshack@feddit.online 1 points 1 week ago

I use Abraham Linksys, even now that I've moved on from Linksys routers (mostly too lazy to update all my IoT devices).

[-] UndergroundGoblin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

I named mine: MomclickhereforInternet

[-] Meeshall65@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Reboot tot connect

[-] Taleya@aussie.zone 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Setting up a guest network for hub's basement brewery.

We are australian. His initials are JB.

JB Wifi

[-] toad@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

“99 problems, but wi-fi ain’t one” is mine currently.

[-] mkhopper@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

My SSID has always been "InfectedWithVirus".

[-] MonsterTrick@piefed.world 1 points 1 week ago

At one of the CeX I go to, the WiFi is called something like "SafeCeX"

[-] Ontimp@feddit.org 1 points 1 week ago

My phone WiFi hotspot is called JabbaTheHub

[-] lonefighter@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

My phone wifi hotspot is Kaer Morhen. Not a clever pun at all, but it makes me happy.

[-] Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 points 1 week ago

Pretty_Fly_4_a_WiFi

[-] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 week ago

I have a few: Build the Firewall! Grab her by the ISP A Kanye 2020 sign Porn and cat videos

[-] untorquer@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

I always feel sketch at the international airport connecting to "Airport WiFi" network...

My hotspot is BigFatDonkeyDick.

[-] mrunicornman@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Is this a reference to that court case transcript?

[-] untorquer@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

No i made this up before that I think... I'm just sipremely and eternally 12 years old in my humor.

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