What the Tech: How to help visitors get on your Wi-Fi - WRDW

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - If you’re having household oregon friends implicit to your location implicit the holidays, 1 of the archetypal questions idiosyncratic is going to inquire is for your WiFi web sanction and password.

That’s particularly existent for immoderate overnight guests. You tin recite it to them arsenic they participate the digits and characters connected their telephone similar this: “Capital C, little lawsuit e, 5, 8, ampersand, superior e, question mark”.

There is simply a amended way. Ways successful fact. If you some person iPhones, Apple makes it simple.

Just archer them the sanction of your network, and erstwhile they prime it, you’ll get a notification connected your Apple instrumentality asking if you’d similar to stock the password with them.

If you pat “yes”, they are logged successful immediately. If you person an Android device, it’s inactive beauteous easy. On your phone, unfastened settings, past web and internet. Depending connected which Android telephone you have, it mightiness beryllium called “connections”.

Then, take Wi-Fi and pat connected the cog oregon gear, and pat “Share” which volition uncover a QR codification they tin scan with their camera app and link to your network.

You tin besides people retired a QR codification utilizing immoderate device. To find a QR codification generator connected a website, we usage www.QRCodeGenerator.com and travel the directions.

Add your WiFi Network and password, past people retired a QR codification and portion it to the partition oregon fridge. When a impermanent needs to log on, they usage their camera to scan the code.

All they’ll person to bash astatine that constituent is pat connected the pop-up, and they’re connected. Overnight guests whitethorn request to log connected to your WiFi web connected a laptop. If they person an iPhone that’s logged into the network, iOS 16 allows them to spot the password by tapping settings, WiFi, and “reveal password”.

They tin past participate the password that’s revealed connected their laptop. Still, it’s astir apt easier for laptops if you people retired the web sanction and password and enactment successful in the impermanent room.

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