Wi-Fi network names, and missed opportunities

[Smurfy]

I confess we used our neighbour's wifi for the duration of our residency in Cardiff...

I take it your neighbours didn't realise what you were doing, otherwise they might have re-named their network to 'my neighbours are wifi freeloaders'

 

[threebikesmcginty]

I confess we used our neighbour's wifi for the duration of our residency in Cardiff...

Once when we moved our internet provider said we had to have a new account and router, etc as we couldn't reinstate the old one, I tried the old one anyway as I couldn't be arsed setting it all up again, it worked and as they'd shut down the account from the previous address and I didn't activate the new account we got free broadband - smert as they say in Cardiff!!

We didn't rob it off our naybs though, very naughty.

 

[Peteaud]

No idea you could name your wifi, how do you change it then geeks?

+1

(ours is bt xxxxxxxxxx)

 

[alecstilleyedye]

put 192.168.0.1 into your browser and navigate your way to wireless settings, and change the ssid…

 

[BigonaBianchi]

well on eof my neighbours has three listed...all called Nichola something or other...I will change mine to ' Hey Nichola facy a drink?'

 

[Octet]

put 192.168.0.1 into your browser and navigate your way to wireless settings, and change the ssid…

Or 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.2.1... or more simply, the majority of Routers support http://routerlogin.net

Take a pick

Passwords if you haven't changed them are usually:
Username: Admin
Password: Password / Admin

 

[02GF74]

well, I mustn't admit to this but let's say a "friend" *cough* I know used to log into to a network that was not password protected - eventually the owner twigged and renamed the network to "not_anymore_you_dont" - how I laughed when my "friend" told me this,.

 

[BigonaBianchi]

found out tonight tescos has free wi fi in their stores...

 

[on the road]

No idea you could name your wifi, how do you change it then geeks?

The instructions should be on the side of your hub along with the default username and default password, no doubt the engineer who installed it has been happy logging on to your wifi and downloading porn

 

[thom]

put 192.168.0.1 into your browser and navigate your way to wireless settings, and change the ssid…

Cheers - admin/sky being the name/password combo required

 

[ColinJ]

BT seem to have a lot of business round here! I am on TalkTalk, but 6 of the other 7 networks that I am picking up are on BT. Number 7 might also be but they have renamed it 'Horse1' so I can't tell.

 

[Davehateshills]

We called ours 'The Party House'

Yeah, I remember those days.............

 

[DCLane]

Mine's simply called LANE

I need to find something more creative ...

Edit: all my neighbours are SKYxxxxxx - which is what they seem to do all day.

 

[MrJamie]

There's been some pretty amusing ones posted on various sites, I think my favourite was "Pretty fly for a WiFi" and the police surviellance ones I recall someone on Reddit claiming they'd got police watching them after they changed theirs to "marijuana grow house 2" and got reported by a neighbour.

Or 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.2.1... or more simply, the majority of Routers support http://routerlogin.net

Take a pick

Passwords if you haven't changed them are usually:
Username: Admin
Password: Password / Admin

Just to add, BT homehubs are usually 192.168.1.254 default admin password is "admin" iirc.

If you do change your wifi name, youll have to go round changing some of your wifi devices too as theyll see it as a different network.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

There's been some pretty amusing ones posted on various sites, I think my favourite was "Pretty fly for a WiFi" and the police surviellance ones I recall someone on Reddit claiming they'd got police watching them after they changed theirs to "marijuana grow house 2" and got reported by a neighbour.

Just to add, BT homehubs are usually 192.168.1.254 default admin password is "admin" iirc.

If you do change your wifi name, youll have to go round changing some of your wifi devices too as theyll see it as a different network.

This made me laugh so much I got in grumble for chuckling when a choir got knocked out of, er, whatever the FCC that choir telly show is called.