Guest WiFi using a QR code

Re:Guest WiFi using a QR code by brewdad on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @01:27PM (#32073168)

I agree with scenario one but also think you went too simplistic on the second scenario. Even with a simple wifi password like you suggested, you still need to specify the uppercase letters and plenty of people might have trouble spelling tortoise correctly on the first try.

Nevermind the fact that my friends group tends to be about 50% passwords of the type you used and the other 50% of them use a randomly generated one from a pw generator or add enough random capitalization of things like family member names to make it awkward. More often than not, I end up handing them my device to type it themselves.

The QR code seems a much simpler solution once people know how to use them. Thanks to things like electronic menus at restaurants due to Covid more folks than you might realize actually do know what to do. If grandma can learn how to use a QR code to access the high school band concert program online (true story), then anyone can.

Teach a man to fish.

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Re:Guest WiFi using a QR code by citizenkeen on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @01:59PM (#32073562)

It's fourwordsalluppercase, one word, all lower case. Obviously.

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Re:Guest WiFi using a QR code by scatters on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @03:33PM (#32074625)

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/e-mail-addresses-it-woul...

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Re:Guest WiFi using a QR code by josefresco on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @03:58PM (#32074886)

> Teach a man to fish.

I keep teaching my family members to fish, and they keep asking me for fish.

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Re:Guest WiFi using a QR code by sigg3 on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @05:03PM (#32075656)

And a boat. And a little island, with a cabin.

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Re:Guest WiFi using a QR code by kayodelycaon on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @02:40PM (#32074059)

I solve this by having a framed piece of paper on my wall:

    GUEST WIFI
    SSID: AAA Guest
    Password: squirrels2

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Re:Guest WiFi using a QR code by rootusrootus on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @07:26PM (#32077124)

I have a paper like that. With the QR code right below it. The guest decides which they want to use.

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Re:Guest WiFi using a QR code by oynqr on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @01:46AM (#32079362)

When the password is 63 characters long, the QR code becomes a viable alternative to most.

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Re:Guest WiFi using a QR code by dr_orpheus on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @02:42PM (#32074083)

But you could also just put the password in that same frame and then you don't need to specify it. Just like every small coffee shop does with their guest wifi (assuming they don't have a captive portal)

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