Think Different With Network Names

Giles Turnbull ()

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You know what it’s like when you’re strolling around looking for networks. They’re all the same. They’re all called “belkin54’ or “NETGEAR” or “BTHomeHub”. So generic. So default.

What we really need is networks with imaginative names. Names like “Vicious Evil Network Of Mayhem”, as screenshotted here by Flickr user Ingridesign.

I’m now inspired to change my network name from the stupendously dull “16spring” to “The Network That Performs Somersaults”.

Is your network called something interesting? Something better than “Vicious Evil Network of Mayhem”? Do share.

Oh, and another thing: apparently someone announced some new laptops yesterday. You might want to look that up if you’re interested.

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(Picture used with permission. Thanks to Ingrid!)

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Giles Turnbull is a freelance writer in England. He writes for the Press Association and The Morning News. He has a website you can ignore and a Twitter account you needn't follow.

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  • Evan

    Soon after my network was given the name “Naked Lesbians,” a neighbor somewhere in my apt building chose the name “Hot sex.”

  • Matt

    I set my parents’ home wifi network up which is located next to a marina. I called it: “IP on your boat”.

  • james

    mine is called muthaf***ingfalcoandshi*.

  • http://pastspresent.tumblr.com Ryan

    “Rubicon”

    As in, don’t cross it.

  • James

    Seinfeld Extreme

  • http://raydang.com Ray

    mine’s is Skynet

  • Don Pope

    I have two wireless networs: Guybrush & Threepwood
    (From the Monkey Island games)

  • &e

    “Nowhere”

  • Horses

    My neighbours’ one is called “Easy Gay Boys”

  • http://blog.wordofmike.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/picture-3.png Mike

    There’s a network in my building called “Get Off My Network” which I think is pretty neat.

    Unfortunately, a lot of the providers in England lock down the router so you cannot change the network :(

  • Glen

    I lived in a house with three other guys. Our network was named after our home, the “Kilbasa Lounge”. I’ll leave that as it is.

  • javanni

    “La_Casa_Del_Vinello” which can be loosely translated from italian as “The house of the good cheap wine”.

  • imajoebob

    Back in my (dark) days as a network manager, i named my servers with, well, names. Everyone’s favorite was Elvis. It made management a lot easier. When there was a problem it wasn’t with “HP1″ or “Apps3″ or NetServer.” Anthropomorphizing, “We’re having a problem with Bob’s firewall NIC” or “Chuck’s RAID is reporting problems” was a real help pinpointing and resolving problems. Mildly entertaining too.

    And my home network is named… belkin54g. The damn thing wouldn’t run any management from my mac.

  • http://differentcomputers.com different computers

    My home network is called No Network Available. This inspired a friend to name his Input Error.

  • Herr Fritzl

    Josef Frtizl’s secret dungeon.

  • GDom

    Mine is “Butt Chateau”…

  • http://www.geekculture.com/ Snaggy

    our comic relating to this topic… :-)

    http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/1083.html

  • intrrnet

    My home network is “no hackers here”, and my daughter’s is “here either”. Everything is locked with a WEP password, which is sufficient on this street.
    A long time ago, before even Ethernet, I had a friend who named his AppleTalk printer “Screaming butt monkeys from hell”. Those who remember the dialogue boxes in Mac OS 6 & 7 can remember that the computer would lock during printing and the dialogue would read “Waiting for . . .”
    So his computer could be seen displaying “Waiting for Screaming butt monkeys from hell” much of the time.
    Too bad you need to search for a network’s name, now.

  • Xirtam

    I named my router the Informational Hub, and my friend named his network Smoke Signals… My computer is named Lewanda, and my HTC Mogul is the Evil Companion ;) My external back up hard drive is named GlaDOS…

  • Sean

    My main one is called “Atlantis” after one of my favourite TV shows and my Airport Express is called “Kitchen” because thats where it is :-)

  • fred

    Maelstro

  • http://kyledugantarraguna.com Tarraguña

    our network is called BOO BEES

  • Jamie

    My network has been called “Those Damn Dogs”, password: antifreeze.

    A little joke we played with our neighbors who have some bastard dogs.

  • willie

    My network is now “Get off my LAN”. Thanks for that, Matt Gibson!

  • Iain

    Iam a Pink Floyd fan and mines called Darkside Of The Moon !

  • arex

    late to the party, but…

    n0onelivesforever

    good times…

  • dvsjr

    SSID = “free porn” (with WSPK2 of course)

  • Comet

    White Plastic.

    What all proper Apple products were made of before they went all green and recycle-y.

  • David

    I just changed the name of my network to “Secret Underground Lair.”

  • ChamFan

    My network is “Dick Place”.

    Just happens to be the name of my street : )

  • Rob

    Our network is called, “robspartylounge.”

  • Peer

    mine is called airport

  • eliza

    My wireless network is Hotpants, but my neighbors have many expletives in them… Quite funny till your parents try to use your wireless.

  • James P

    Love Gravy

  • Kate

    DogCow

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