Computer network names

[chrisupyonder]

I am having to re-install Windoze 7 on my second pooter and have usually named my network on a Sherlock Holmes theme. Workgroup = BAKERSTREET. Pooter 1 = Moriarty. Pooter 2 = Shinwell (I like the villains)

But I thought I may have a change and use a Scottish theme.
I thought for the workgroup, my clam, MACLAREN and the pooters the tartan, Ancient and Weathered.

What think ye all and what do you call your pooters?

Chris.

[madmacs]

I always went shakespeare on mine...

[Chas]

I've never thought of naming it. I believe that my wife's is called "Why don't you work?" At least that is what she always says to it.

Regards

Chas

[AFS1970]

I named my wireless network Hotel Coral Essex, it is a reference from a movie. However I made the password a reference from a different source entirely, just in case any neighbors or other interlopers get the reference.

[chrisupyonder]

I named my wireless network Hotel Coral Essex, it is a reference from a movie. However I made the password a reference from a different source entirely, just in case any neighbors or other interlopers get the reference.

"Well Gentleman, no point in hanging around this dump any longer... Heaven Awaits!!!"



Chris.

[chrisupyonder]

I've never thought of naming it. I believe that my wife's is called "Why don't you work?" At least that is what she always says to it.

Regards

Chas

I could not post here what I shout at my compooters!!!!!

If your on a network you need a workgroup name and each pooter needs a distinct name, so might as well make it entertaining ith:

Chris.

[EagleJCS]

I used to use Looney Tunes characters for dataset testing (input/output) when I was taking computer programming classes (wayyy back when, before HTML - about the time Windows 3.0 came out ).

I've seen (different) networks with Star Wars, Star Trek, Tolkien/Middle Earth, and Isaac Asimov references.

[Geoff Withnell]

The first time I fired up my home wireless network, and was setting up my laptop to hook into it, it of course displayed the available networks. One of my neighbors apparently called his wireless network "pervnet". I don't know which neighbor, nor do I wish to.

[seanachie]

The first time I fired up my home wireless network, and was setting up my laptop to hook into it, it of course displayed the available networks. One of my neighbors apparently called his wireless network "pervnet". I don't know which neighbor, nor do I wish to.

Yes, one more reason that it is a good idea not to broadcast your SSID. ABSOLUTELY someone who knows what they're doing will find your router, but it helps keep honest people honest and not piggy back your Wi-Fi connection. Also good to make it unique, I have noted all of AT&T UVerse routers have a standard naming convention out of the box. If you generally configure devices once, and then leave them connected ie you don't have a lot of guest access, use a really sophisticated password and then lock a copy up with your important docs. (mine is in my safe deposit box).

To those who laugh, there was a case written up extensively a few months back where someone piggy backed a guy's Wi-Fi to access sick and depraved stuff. He was in his house one night and it was raided by federal agents. Long story short the guys life got totally screwed, despite eventually prevailing in court.

[fluter]

At home, we name them for the feline members of our extended family.

Back in the day, the most common naming convention in most university installations was Tolkein characters. This was pre-movie, of course. Contrary to some folks' expectation, computer science students are literate.

At work we have used planets, stars, Muppets, reindeer (i.e. Dasher, Dancer, et al), birds (mostly raptors), Shakespeare characters---although I was confused, and thought they had extended our astronomical convention to trans-Jovian satellites.

When the faculty workstations were stars, naturally someone picked Betelgeuse. And a colleague could not live without his system's being named Snuffleupagus. Poor snuffy came to a bad end, as we had 4-level domain names like snuffleupagus.department.scarolina.edu, which would break if it transited the BITNET-Internet gateway at N.C. State!!! Add a username@ and it was too many characters for the poor little buffer. We summarily renamed him "Snuff;" and before long, we shortened the top domain to 2 characters. {\end digression}