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Do you name your wireless network to send a message? I do.
Posted by: Mini 9
Date: January 11, 2010 07:07PM
This article made me think of what I do.

I root for my college team.

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Re: Do you name your wireless network to send a message? I do.
Posted by: blusubaru
Date: January 11, 2010 07:13PM
Ours is LoveShack.
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Re: Do you name your wireless network to send a message? I do.
Posted by: DavidS
Date: January 11, 2010 07:13PM
that's really funny. I'll have to pass this along to my sister-in-law, who lives in a condo and has a lot of nearby networks.
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Re: Do you name your wireless network to send a message? I do.
Posted by: timg
Date: January 11, 2010 07:15PM
mine has been named "get out" since I first got a wireless router in 2002.
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Re: Do you name your wireless network to send a message? I do.
Posted by: volcs0
Date: January 11, 2010 07:19PM
I don't broadcast my SSID. I know it doesn't really matter, from a security standpoint.
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Re: Do you name your wireless network to send a message? I do.
Posted by: kap
Date: January 11, 2010 07:21PM
LOL!
Give me an idea.


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Re: Do you name your wireless network to send a message? I do.
Posted by: Don C
Date: January 11, 2010 07:22PM
"iMac Network" just to let the neighbors know.
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Re: Do you name your wireless network to send a message? I do.
Posted by: Jimmypoo
Date: January 11, 2010 07:26PM
Just to make them insecure about their security....





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Re: Do you name your wireless network to send a message? I do.
Posted by: lafinfil
Date: January 11, 2010 07:40PM
Quote
blusubaru
Ours is LoveShack.





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Re: Do you name your wireless network to send a message? I do.
Posted by: deckeda
Date: January 11, 2010 07:51PM
I gotta change mine to something clever. But for now, this one has been serving its purpose.

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Re: Do you name your wireless network to send a message? I do.
Posted by: rgG
Date: January 11, 2010 07:54PM
"none"

grinning smiley

Edit: well if I'm ever up in Cherokee county and need to check my email....




Roswell, GA (Atlanta suburb)



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Re: Do you name your wireless network to send a message? I do.
Posted by: Jimmypoo
Date: January 11, 2010 07:59PM
I used to have "Mall of Georgia Apple Store" - which is a ways away, but thought it would
get a few double takes. Except for the guy from NY next door, I don't know any neighbors
so I don't know what was thought. It's only been since 2003, so it takes some time....


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Re: Do you name your wireless network to send a message? I do.
Posted by: Jimmypoo
Date: January 11, 2010 08:01PM
Oh... another fun thing to do -----

if you have extra routers (I've got 4 now, with various headaches,
that aren't in use) - plug them in and name them. Just don't attach
them to anything.

I had a "Free WiFi Porn" and some other goodies at one time, until I
moved everything into a different room.


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Re: Do you name your wireless network to send a message? I do.
Posted by: N-OS X-tasy!
Date: January 11, 2010 08:02PM
I named ours using my stepson's football nickname.


It is what it is.
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Re: Do you name your wireless network to send a message? I do.
Posted by: jdc
Date: January 11, 2010 08:08PM
Does "2WIRE330" count as creative?

there are only 2 houses really within wireless range of ours... not sure it matters




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Re: Do you name your wireless network to send a message? I do.
Posted by: Mini 9
Date: January 11, 2010 08:09PM
Quote
Jimmypoo
Oh... another fun thing to do -----

if you have extra routers (I've got 4 now, with various headaches,
that aren't in use) - plug them in and name them. Just don't attach
them to anything.

I had a "Free WiFi Porn" and some other goodies at one time, until I
moved everything into a different room.

Excellent idea.
Buy some old a/b wifi routers for next to nothing; perhaps here on Free Monday?
One could practically write a book with wireless network names if one had a enough.

This would make a neat TheNerds gadget. Something that broadcasts wifi names, and isn't even a router. Perhaps have it broadcast your latest TWEET? Or, sequential lines from a poem. Or something else?

Ads? That's usually where the money is. Sell wifi network adspace. Boost the broadcast power (with a LEE NE AR amp!) and send it out across the city! (I know illegal)

Lots of ideas here. Just need someone at like a DealExtreme procurement department to hook us up.
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Re: Do you name your wireless network to send a message? I do.
Posted by: RAMd®d
Date: January 11, 2010 08:17PM
jp, that is a CAPITAL idea!

I've got a couple of routers I can do that with!





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Re: Do you name your wireless network to send a message? I do.
Posted by: Black
Date: January 11, 2010 08:18PM
Quote
Jimmypoo
Oh... another fun thing to do -----

if you have extra routers (I've got 4 now, with various headaches,
that aren't in use) - plug them in and name them. Just don't attach
them to anything.

I had a "Free WiFi Porn" and some other goodies at one time, until I
moved everything into a different room.

LOL!
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Re: Do you name your wireless network to send a message? I do.
Posted by: dmann
Date: January 11, 2010 08:51PM
I've posted this before, but I live in a highrise which is surrounded by other highrises, so I can see many networks at any given time.

I am 6 blocks or so from Wrigley Field, and there are at least a dozen named Wrigley, Cubs or GoCubs.

Some favorites:
Don't steal my f-----g bandwidth
I can see into your apt
Yes I'm naked
Packers Suck


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Re: Do you name your wireless network to send a message? I do.
Posted by: Kate
Date: January 11, 2010 09:03PM
Since we travel people always try to get on our network, especially at state/city parks.

We've named it "Get Your Own Internet!"

Kate
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Re: Do you name your wireless network to send a message? I do.
Posted by: Fritz
Date: January 11, 2010 09:58PM
Mini9 and and laf.

ROTFPOMSLOL
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Re: Do you name your wireless network to send a message? I do.
Posted by: Mactel
Date: January 11, 2010 10:47PM
I always name mine Skynet.
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Re: Do you name your wireless network to send a message? I do.
Posted by: ztirffritz
Date: January 11, 2010 11:03PM
I had a neighbour who was smart enough to actually change the default name of her network, but not smart enough to set any security or change the default password on her Linksys router. Since they all ship with the same default admin password I logged in and changed the SSID for her to "UshouldresetDefaultPassword" or something like that. A few days later, the SSID was changed again, but the default password still wasn't changed, so I looked at the computers on the network using DHCP and put a note on her desktop telling her how to change the SSID and reset the default password. Technically it's illegal...but it was fun.


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Re: Do you name your wireless network to send a message? I do.
Posted by: Acer
Date: January 12, 2010 12:02AM
"A Series of Tubes"
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Re: Do you name your wireless network to send a message? I do.
Posted by: Lux Interior
Date: January 12, 2010 03:58AM
"Thank You Al Gore!"
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Re: Do you name your wireless network to send a message? I do.
Posted by: Will Collier
Date: January 12, 2010 06:44AM
All my neighbors are retired, so on the off chance one of them had a grandkid visiting, maybe we should name ours "No, I Won't Rake My Yard Every Week."
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Re: Do you name your wireless network to send a message? I do.
Posted by: smacks
Date: January 12, 2010 07:05AM
That may be the height of some serious passive-aggressive-ness.
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Re: Do you name your wireless network to send a message? I do.
Posted by: Rick-o
Date: January 12, 2010 08:31AM
WOPR


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Randy: What the @#$%& are you talking about?
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Re: Do you name your wireless network to send a message? I do.
Posted by: qdog
Date: January 17, 2010 05:06AM
Named mine War Driving.


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