Sometimes a good laugh is just a Wi-Fi network away. I continue to be impressed by the creativity of some folks when it comes to home Wi-Fi network names — sometimes I even check nearby networks just to see if there's solid gold waiting to be discovered.
The name I gave my Wi-Fi network is so boring and uninspired. It was before I saw how funny and even downright scandalous they can be. Check out the graphic I made above for a few that made me chuckle when I came across them in person or on the interwebs.
I'd also love to hear the favorites you've encountered - what are some of the funniest wifi networks you've seen? Or if you're the clever one, what name did you give your network?
(Images: 1. Shutterstock with Chris Perez. 2.Apple with Chris Perez, )
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Best one I've seen: "FBI Surveillance" hehehehe.
hide yo kids hide yo wifi - Saw that on a post somewhere once and laughed about it for hours :D
I love "we can hear you having s-x." Hilarious!
"Mom Use This One" HAHAHAHAHAHA!
"I will stab you" was...interesting.
"We can year you having sex." HILARIOUS!!!
ISeeWhitePeople is one I've seen before. When I tether my phone I can't encrypt the signal so I use InstantVirus2012 to try and avoid leeches.
Ours is called "series of tubes."
Ours is called "The Colonial Defense Mainframe" after the system that was hacked to cause the Cylon-Human war in Battlestar Galactica. Yes, we are nerds, but it made me chuckle every time I needed to connect to it!
Mine is I_Can_Haz_Innerwebz.
Whenever people come over, they're like, "What the heck is this network?"
I work on a university campus and my coworker's phone picked up the network name "(.)(.)boobies".
The best one I've seen was "Anal Invader"/
I have seen one "your dog sh!ts on our lawn"
nice and passive agressive, the way I like it.
ha! ours is "we can hear you having sex"!! i lived in a courtyard building in Chicago that was only occupied by other 20-somethings and it was, well, loud.
Olive Garden Free Wifi For Customers (it was password protected in an apartment building; not at an Olive Garden)
Wild Woman Apt 14
clik if u lik furry porn
Virus Distribution Center
Don't use my wifi
Mine is "I Dream in Colour" Not funny but it fits me :)
Best one I've seen was Bill Wi the Science Fi.
Mine is called MASTER_CONTROL_PROGRAM. Noone likes connecting to it.
Our neighbor (still not sure which one) has "Crotch Monster."
We call ours Tony Danza.
Someone in an old building I lived in had "The Pleasures of Sierra's Madre" and another was "bananahammock".
Mine is called Skynet.
anythingillchangeitlater
Neighbor had the Bill Wi the Science Fi
Mine's Chutney. Sort of a combination of my girlfriend's ethnicity and my love of food, and it was the first thing that popped into my head when I was setting up the network. It always makes guests smile.
Family has last name Lan. Their wifi is "Lan Party"
There is one in my neighborhood called "I like sex it's fun"
NotTheDroidsURLooking4
In my neighborhood I've seen "Lila sharted." Poor Lila; her secret is out!
Mine is sockmonkey.
I was very pleased when I moved into my new apartment to find out I had a neighbor with the network "To Boldly Go Where No One Has Gone Before". He even had a To Boldly Go Where No One Has Gone Before - Guest"!
College neighborhoods bring up the best ones. I've seen quite a few of 8=======>~~
So classy, right?
"FUCK YOU HIPSTERS"
Due to high volume of coffee houses and wine bars on our block, probably
I create a wifi hotspot through Internet Sharing, so my wifi network's name is the same as that of my computer, Angus.
(I once stayed at an RV park that offered wifi. To get the password, you had to agree to change your computer name to your site number so they could know who was on their network at any time. Thewifi was horrible and I went to troubleshoot at one point. I looked at the list of who was connected to the network and just about everyone had some variance of the name "Site #X Wifi here sucks"!)
I connected at my boyfriend's house the other day and he had to (somewhat shamefully) admit his was "teabagger" he claims his 18 year old brother changed it (I've met him, it sounds legit) but still...it remains unchanged.
ILL STEAL YOUR BANKING INFO
too funny! My friend and I always text each other funny wifi names! Glad we are not alone. One of the doozies: IamSuchaStud
"GET YOUR OWN"
"Lost sucked get over it"
Mine is "rotorouter," but I'm more proud of its password. I just, you know, won't share it.
"series of tubes" is awesome!
ours is called "2 cats 2 many" because, well, you can figure it out.
I lived in a house with eight girls in university, and ours was called "Octopussy".
At an old apartment, there was some plumbing issue that caused the toilets to occasionally emit a strange, loud, high pitched noise that could only be described as a shriek (it had to do with incorrect pressure and trapped air somewhere). Our network was Screaming Toilet, and everyone in the building knew exactly what it referred to.
Mine's: Baxter Bark Milwaukee
Mine is "Abraham Linksys."
mine is "Use Condoms!" (intended specifically and generally)
Bucktooth Dog
I've always liked "Abraham Linksys" the best! In college, our wireless network was "Girls Gone Wireless".
Ours is "GOD"
My neighbor's is "hacker" :)
our household "Troll Toll"
gotta pay the troll toll, Trolls
some friends have "the Speckled Broadband"
My past ones have been:
NotSuitableForChildren,
Blue Man Group,
Bluth's Banana Stand, and
Killing Me, Smalls.
Ours is Luddite.
"Look, Ma! No Wires!"
"Bill Wi the Science Fi"
"Router? I hardly know her!"
"NEG: the Nudist Elderly Group"
@FrettingDetails - LOVE "Killing Me, Smalls"
Several others - "Bill Wi the Science Fi" - so awesome.
fun to read through these.
"We can smell your weed"
I've seen a "Narnia" from one of our neighbors . . . now I kind of want to change ours. It's so generic!
We've been "Electric Mayhem" for years. I'm thinking of changing to something less Muppety and cute and going the hilarious passive-aggressive route after reading this!
@merlin513 - "The Speckled Broadband" is a thing of beauty!
Here are our favs (from DC):
Meow_Mixer
George Bush is a War Criminal
the pen is mightier
Hillary Clinton is a Communist
X years ago, I changed my sister's network name to Virus Vault. For a time, nobody wanted to connect to it. Lol.
A network in the condo I used to live in was called Pornographer Only. Made me chuckle every time I saw it.
Ours is "Uncle Ricco"
The neighbors have "Choke The Sky"
In my apt complex:
"Ho Fo Sho" (You really want to advertise that?)
"The ol' Baloney Pony" (Am I to guess that a baloney pony is....? ugh *shudder*)
"Pepper Lepper" (Sounds like slang for a vd)
@thekatpack Router I hardly know her made me laugh :)
My married name is White. I decided to take advantage and name ours The White House.
Haaa those are all amazing. We have two signals, the fast Wireless N "Speedy Gonzalez" and the slow regular signal "Slowpoke Rodriguez." Not as hilarious, but effective.
I've seen FBI Surveillance Van too! Also douche canoe and porn hub (in our building! It disappeared when one of our neighbors moved. Hmmm.). There was something about get your own damn wifi, freeloaders. I LOVE the "free wifi for Olive Garden customers" -I MAY have to change ours. Forerunner was the FBI van till I saw that one!
One of my neighbors is 'Uncle Pigfat'. I haven't quite figured that one out. I
Tommy is Awesome
Tommy is a Bitch
Mamacitafrita
Super Fly
Mine is boring: Home
My sh*t smells like -----{----{---@
I had a neighbour a few years back with the "bill-wi-the-science-fi" one. I always wondered who it was, they seemed like someone I would want to know, but that building had super tiny units and everyone had wifi, so there were like 40 networks on my "available" list, could've been anyone.
Inspired by this post, last night I looked while visiting a friend and found these gems:
George Bush Best Prez Ever
I Am In Your House
Die Al Queda Die
YOUR CAT WATCHES ME
Navy Seal 6 wants your hardware
"Piss off"
Just yesterday I saw Brickhouse Shitter.
Joelo - I laughed so hard I nearly wet my pants. Thanks for making my day!
We currently have CatParty - well, we do have four of them.
My brother uses 'bring beer for password'. Well, bunch of twenty-something mostly engineering students/graduates in one house...
This article is such great timing - I've just come back to my flat after a few days away to find that a neighbour stole my comedy WiFi name whilst it was switched off! (First World Problems, I know...)
A friend of mine had one in her building called "Bring Cookies to Apt 4"... so she did, and now she knows one of her neighbours! And he was amazed it worked!
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I love "Abraham Linksys" :D
Oddest one I've seen -- "a bag of a**holes" :)
We see both DexterMorgan and "Talkin bout Shaft"
I've used "BigMAC" and "Lord of the Fi".
I now use "Windows95", Geeky Playstation support guys seems to love it.
I named mine "Kiss Me I'm Wireless"
one of my neighbours has "The Almost Brothel" ...? perhaps the group of 20 something guys at the end of the block... there is also a guest account. how lovely.
I've been using "Casa de Wackos" a la Cheech and Chong's Nice Dreams.
Mine is "The Internets" ;) Gotta love W.
Mine is: t('_'t) get your own wifi
mine is two girls one wiener. cause we have a wiener dog :P
Home Land Security Surveillance Van.
iv seen one that said "connect and your phone gets it"
mine however says "shotgun comes standard for hackers"