Comment on Wifi Portal

litchralee@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• mbirth@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Same here. It’s probably easier to print out the QR code(s) for your home wifi network(s) on a piece of paper and hand that to guests when they come over…

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  • Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Or use the QR code share function on devices’ WiFi settings. This is for Android 10 and later.

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    • jagged_circle@feddit.nl ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      That would require me to unlock the door of my basement cave and interact with my family during daylight hours. Fuck that.

      I’d rather spend ten times the time writing code to so that

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• ch8zer@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Or on their phone.

  Most of the time it’s used to help guests get onto the wifi quickly.

  I also find it handy to get the wifi password when on-boarding smart devices or whatever new gadget.

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  • litchralee@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    But how do they connect to your network in order to access this web app? If the WiFi network credentials are needed to access the network that has the QR code for the network credentials, this sounds like a Catch 22.

    Also, is a QR code useful if the web app is opened on the very phone needing the credentials? Perhaps other phones are different, but my smartphone is unable to scan a QR code that is on the display.

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  • coolie4@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    So guests use their phone data to access a publicly available list of WiFi credentials and then use that to connect to your home network???

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