Encoding your WiFi access point password into a QR code
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Encoding your WiFi access point password into a QR code
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#2Why would I want to make it EASIER for people coming over to use my WiFi?
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#3Why would I want to make it EASIER for people coming over to use my WiFi?
You're missing the point. Imagine having a really complex password - would you want to just scan a code or copy it character by character?
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#4Why would I want to make it EASIER for people coming over to use my WiFi?
You don’t give your WiFi password to everyone that visits?
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#5Is it only Android 10 that can do this with scanning a qr code, or also v9?
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#6Why would I want to make it EASIER for people coming over to use my WiFi?
To be a good host?
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#7Is it only Android 10 that can do this with scanning a qr code, or also v9?
Was wondering the same. The author didn't mention the minimum required version for Android compared to IOS, so I assumed Android must have long supported it and I always just missed it.
On another note I find it quite awkward that the feature is buried in that dialog on Android. You even need to tap on the network you want to connect to when that information is already in the qr code.
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#8I used this when setting up mesh WiFi for my parents, a few years ago. I set up a guest network and a main network; the guest network had a fairly-long password, and the main network had a very-long password, both WPA2-Personal.
I put together a two-page PDF, page size about 4 inches by 6 inches. One side had the info for the main network; the other side had the info for the guest network. "the info" included the SSID, the password, and a large QR code.
I then sent the PDF to FedEx, printed on card stock, double-sided, and laminated, with instructions to cut the excess paper away before laminating. The result was a nicely-put-together "quick reference" card that my parents can use for whatever needed. If my parents get a new phone, putting it on WiFi is as simple as a QR-code scan.
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#9Is it only Android 10 that can do this with scanning a qr code, or also v9?
I believe it's only Android 10 onwards that has the QR Code scanning feature [1][2][3] since it was added by Google in order to support the new Wi-Fi Easy Connect standard [4] (the replacement for WPS).
[1] https://9to5google.com/2019/03/13/android-q-wi-fi-sharing-qr...
[2] https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/09/12/every-new-android-1...
[3] https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/06/10/android-qs-wi-fi-ea...
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#10Is it only Android 10 that can do this with scanning a qr code, or also v9?
i don't see any built-in way to do it on android 9, but the xzing barcode scanner app works perfectly.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.zxi...