Anyone Using a Wacky Wifi Router Name?

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#787016 26-Mar-2013 08:36

"House Monsters" for the kids DMZ and "The wicked witch of the west " for the wifes work network and "Don't even think about it BITCH!" for the rest of the network

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#787031 26-Mar-2013 09:21

really should setup a spare wifi router with a SSID called "Free Internet" and not plug it into any network - it just give out nice free ip address that go nowhere ;) problem is where i live no one would use it.

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#787142 26-Mar-2013 12:03

I have the hilariously funny "linksys1" but up until recently I had the awesome "linksys" the only reason I changed it was my Ipad wouldn't hold the settings on linksys!

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#787157 26-Mar-2013 12:30

I once got drunk and set my SSID to I_RAPE_CATS. The flatmate's girlfriend was Cat (Catherine) and didn't like it.

[Moderator edit (MF): remove unnecessary sexual references]

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#787409 26-Mar-2013 19:11

Even though you might find this a funny story, please remember this is a family show and the content must be suitable to all ages.

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#787619 26-Mar-2013 23:03

Fair point. I don't appear to be able to edit the post to remove the bit showing that may still be offensive.

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#787622 26-Mar-2013 23:11

someone on our street is using "skynet", but it is secured

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#787940 27-Mar-2013 13:40

knoydart: someone on our street is using "skynet", but it is secured

They tried to pull the plug but it was too late......

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#787961 27-Mar-2013 14:05

bagheera: really should setup a spare wifi router with a SSID called "Free Internet" and not plug it into any network - it just give out nice free ip address that go nowhere ;) problem is where i live no one would use it.

Nah, just open er up and run wireshark, along with a transparent proxy (which also terminates SSL connections with a self-signed cert). See what you reel in. Or setup the proxy to redirect say, every 100th HTTP request which looks like an actual web page to hard core porn.

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#788002 27-Mar-2013 14:45

ubergeeknz:
bagheera: really should setup a spare wifi router with a SSID called "Free Internet" and not plug it into any network - it just give out nice free ip address that go nowhere ;) problem is where i live no one would use it.

Nah, just open er up and run wireshark, along with a transparent proxy (which also terminates SSL connections with a self-signed cert). See what you reel in. Or setup the proxy to redirect say, every 100th HTTP request which looks like an actual web page to hard core porn.

not a good idea, what if some poor 10 year old with a smart phone stumbles upon it!

*Insert big spe*dtest result here*

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#788006 27-Mar-2013 14:51

ubergeeknz:
bagheera: really should setup a spare wifi router with a SSID called "Free Internet" and not plug it into any network - it just give out nice free ip address that go nowhere ;) problem is where i live no one would use it.

Nah, just open er up and run wireshark, along with a transparent proxy (which also terminates SSL connections with a self-signed cert). See what you reel in. Or setup the proxy to redirect say, every 100th HTTP request which looks like an actual web page to hard core porn.

I like my wife idea of having a web cam pointing to road outside our place and having all web address redirect to a video of them in their parked car.

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#788008 27-Mar-2013 14:56

hamish225:
ubergeeknz:
bagheera: really should setup a spare wifi router with a SSID called "Free Internet" and not plug it into any network - it just give out nice free ip address that go nowhere ;) problem is where i live no one would use it.

Nah, just open er up and run wireshark, along with a transparent proxy (which also terminates SSL connections with a self-signed cert). See what you reel in. Or setup the proxy to redirect say, every 100th HTTP request which looks like an actual web page to hard core porn.

not a good idea, what if some poor 10 year old with a smart phone stumbles upon it!

They shouldn't steal people's wifi! edit: you could always substitute porn for something else

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#790002 31-Mar-2013 17:32

bagheera: really should setup a spare wifi router with a SSID called "Free Internet" and not plug it into any network - it just give out nice free ip address that go nowhere ;) problem is where i live no one would use it.

Why not redirect them to a credit card payment page. Thats what im doing, its amazing how many people try to connect and end up being served a form showing the wifi rates and asking for their credit card number :) my place is next to a bus stop too.

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#790027 31-Mar-2013 18:58

When I had the "Google free wifi" one there were lots of connections. You know what the next step was to be if I had motivation and wasnt pretty sure it was not legal...

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#790186 1-Apr-2013 12:57

Oh, this is gold: Doctor Who St John WiFi name...

Shame Windows Phone and Windows 8 show only the escaped version, not the actual unicode characters.

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