Naming your SSID is a right of passage for a geek. And increasingly it’s becoming a right of passage for the non-geeks too. The Age has listed 10 of Melbourne’s most entertaining Wireless SSIDs, and while some are great, I have a feeling yours will be a lot better.
Among the names used in the Age piece are “ASIOSurveillanceVan”, “YourKidsAreUgly”, “BeNice2UrNeighbours”, and “Pretty fly for a wi-fi”.
While Gus took a look at some of the quirkiest names you could use on Lifehacker last year, I’d love to know not only what Wi-Fi SSID you use, but why? Are you trying to scare off potential leechers? Are your neighbours annoying perverts? Or do you just want to be unique?
[The Age]
MJHanrahan
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 2:48 PMMine is “Uplink Internal Services Network”
Simon
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 5:49 PMGold! that is an excellent game :oD
Davo
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 2:51 PMIn an apartment block with poor sound insulation “I can hear you having sex”.
Macca
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 2:51 PMmine is WORKDANGIT! because well it wasn’t working..
Chris
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 2:56 PMBloodyAbortedFoetus is mine
red t-rex
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 2:59 PMMine have usually been based on the names of the various moons in the solar system. Pretty lame really. These have inspired me to be a little more creative next time.
Drxz
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 3:06 PMMine was BabySealsLoveClubbing (right near a nightclub)
Inquisitorsz
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 3:11 PMSkynet
Steve C
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 3:38 PMMine is also Skynet
simon
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 4:04 PMi have skynet in my area, totally lame
Ash
Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at 1:48 PMSo uncreative, the lot of ya!
Paul
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 3:17 PMThe Mad House
exactly gabriel
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 3:20 PMremote detonator
Shane
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 3:31 PMMine is “Swamp Donkey”.
Crumpy
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 3:32 PMSSID=Cry_havoc
PC=Let_Slip
Router=Dogs_Of_War
Harry
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 8:35 PMJulius Ceaser reference, I getcha ;)
Steve
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 3:33 PMIn a house where both housemates have names that start with the letter ‘S’
I crowned our network.
“thesswifi”….
adrian
Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at 3:40 PMMine’s sswifi as well.. but ss = Secret Squirrel
sarujin
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 3:34 PMmine is D.O.O.P for Democratic Order of Planets. A reference to Futurama, and all my electronics gets a name based after Futurama.
Chesty LaRue
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 3:35 PMMine is “C**** get knocked” with out the censoring obviously. Lets people know whats going to happen.
Joel
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 3:35 PMVenture Compound over here and all the computers in the house are named the X-1, X-2, Gargantua-1 etc
Sam D
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 3:39 PMMy wife sent me a photo of one that was the old 8========D
Mr Mack
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 3:39 PMFort Awesome
steve
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 3:43 PMBigpondB13W73
awallafashagba
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 4:19 PMoriginal if nothing else
Virus__
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 3:43 PMMine is identical to that screenshot. Stop stalking me?
Dave the drummer
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 3:45 PMMy last router was “NoFatChicks”, and the new one is “SomethingRandom”.
I have a friend with “$40 per hour” to keep away leeches.
DarthDVD
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 4:31 PMLOL!!
Ash
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 3:46 PMMine to is pretty lame, but I’m surprised no one has mentioned for a geek website the appendage “_NoMap”.
PB12IN
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 3:49 PMMagical Kingdom. I like connecting to the Magical Kingdom :)
Andy
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 3:50 PMI did the old ASIO Surveillance Van thing. Thinking I might try and come up with something more original though. Maybe a program name? Maybe The Matrix? I did like pretty fly for a wifi… My, my, miss Australian wifi? She’s my cherry wifi?
Adrian
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 3:50 PMmine is “LetMeSniffYourPacket”
f4ction
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 3:52 PMMine used to be “run.wifi_virus”
f4ction
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 3:54 PMThis managed to keep my dodgy neighbours from trying to log in until I moved.