A Polish priest asks the owner of a Wi-Fi network called "Lucyfer" to choose a different SSID, explaining that devices inside his church will detect it and try to connect to it.
In a letter to the owner, the priest in the Polish village of Magdalenka says that the wireless router with the disputed name is installed in a house right next to the church, so the signal of the router is strong enough for the Wi-Fi network to cover it as well region of the church.
The priest explains that the name of the network could be offensive to the guests, since their devices will detect the network, even when they are inside the church.
The letter, which posted on Twitter and it went viral this weekend, it was sent on December 14th and it is not known if the owner of the router has already agreed and renamed his network. The priest even offered technical assistance in configuring another SSID for the Wi-Fi, noting that he hopes the whole theme will be resolved amicably.
At the bottom of the letter are also several signatures, which probably belong to church members who support the priest in his attempt to change the name of the Wi-Fi.
It goes without saying that the Wi-Fi owner knows how to change the SSID and the name Lucyfer (hell) is probably deliberately chosen to be vindictive to church members.
Choosing funny names for Wi-Fi networks has been around for a long time. So much so that even one simple relevant Google search returns large lists of matching names already used around the world. For example, the “FBI Monitor Van” is one of the most common Wi-Fi SSIDs, along with “I Believe Wi Can Fi” and “Pretty Fly for Wi-Fi”.
