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Re: Guest WiFi using a QR code

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Post by dr_orpheus »

BadOakOx wrote: post #101
josefresco wrote: post #69

This is super cool and would be awesome for situations where your guests are familiar with QR codes. But from my experience the process would go something like this: Visitor: What's your wifi password? Me: No password needed! We have a cool QR code you can scan that will auto-join you! Visitor: Oh cool, how do I use a QR code? Do I need an app? Me: Nope, just point your camera at it. Visitor: Like .. .take a picture…

It might be only my bubble (of non-tech-savvy people), but recently I started to use QR code to share my WiFi and there was never such friction you described. I don't do it with a printed out image, but my phone has an option to share the WiFi via QR code. Also, modern phones have a direct button from the WiFi connection screen to directly scan a QR and connect to WiFi... This is a thing... and it's easier to use it…

> Also, modern phones have a direct button from the WiFi connection screen to directly scan a QR and connect to WiFi

I recently did this with a few (some more tech-savvy, some less tech-savvy) people and it seemed to blow their mind. I don't know if this is a commonly known feature.

Re: Guest WiFi using a QR code

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Post by jjkaczor »

beastman82 wrote: post #130
josefresco wrote: post #69

This is super cool and would be awesome for situations where your guests are familiar with QR codes. But from my experience the process would go something like this: Visitor: What's your wifi password? Me: No password needed! We have a cool QR code you can scan that will auto-join you! Visitor: Oh cool, how do I use a QR code? Do I need an app? Me: Nope, just point your camera at it. Visitor: Like .. .take a picture…

vs Whats's your Wifi password? A: I don't know it's written on the back of the modem.

Aha... apparently you have met ALL of my relatives who have absolutely no understanding that they could login to the device and change the password to something better.

Re: Guest WiFi using a QR code

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Post by theandrewbailey »

josefresco wrote: post #69

This is super cool and would be awesome for situations where your guests are familiar with QR codes. But from my experience the process would go something like this: Visitor: What's your wifi password? Me: No password needed! We have a cool QR code you can scan that will auto-join you! Visitor: Oh cool, how do I use a QR code? Do I need an app? Me: Nope, just point your camera at it. Visitor: Like .. .take a picture…

Vistor: Ok, I took a picture of it. Now what? Do I send it to you?

Me: Is it doing anything? What did you do?

Vistor: No. I pointed my phone at it like you said. Then I took a picture.

Me: What app are you using?

Visitor: The photo app I always use.

Me: Can you be more specific?

Visitor (showing where the icon is): That one. I always use it.

Me: That one sucks. Do you have any others?

Visitor: I don't know. There's photos in the Facebook app. Should I try that?

Me (grabs a piece of paper from the fridge, exasperated): Here. This is my wifi info. Use the 5ghz one. If that doesn't work, try the other one.

Vistor: Oh, ok, whatever. Thanks.

Re: Guest WiFi using a QR code

#134

Post by dmtroyer »

josefresco wrote: post #69

This is super cool and would be awesome for situations where your guests are familiar with QR codes. But from my experience the process would go something like this: Visitor: What's your wifi password? Me: No password needed! We have a cool QR code you can scan that will auto-join you! Visitor: Oh cool, how do I use a QR code? Do I need an app? Me: Nope, just point your camera at it. Visitor: Like .. .take a picture…

my recommendation would be to also just print out the password below the QR code and people can select the one they recognize.

Re: Guest WiFi using a QR code

#135

Post by woevdbz »

You can also generate the QR code from an Android phone by going to WiFi settings, and tapping the "Share" from the details view of the network in question (assuming the phone is already connected to that network)

Re: Guest WiFi using a QR code

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Post by woevdbz »

josefresco wrote: post #69

This is super cool and would be awesome for situations where your guests are familiar with QR codes. But from my experience the process would go something like this: Visitor: What's your wifi password? Me: No password needed! We have a cool QR code you can scan that will auto-join you! Visitor: Oh cool, how do I use a QR code? Do I need an app? Me: Nope, just point your camera at it. Visitor: Like .. .take a picture…

Thank COVID for teaching more people how to use the dang camera on their phones as a barcode scanner (by way of many restaurants moving to QR menus)

Re: Guest WiFi using a QR code

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Post by na85 »

acchow wrote: post #119
josefresco wrote: post #69

This is super cool and would be awesome for situations where your guests are familiar with QR codes. But from my experience the process would go something like this: Visitor: What's your wifi password? Me: No password needed! We have a cool QR code you can scan that will auto-join you! Visitor: Oh cool, how do I use a QR code? Do I need an app? Me: Nope, just point your camera at it. Visitor: Like .. .take a picture…

"ShinyTortoise78, no spaces, capitalization on the first letter of each word. Seventy Eight is the numbers 7 then 8, not spelt out as a word" "Uhh English is my 3rd language and I don't know how to spell tortus. is there a QR code I can scan?"

The optimal solution is thus:

"What's your wifi password?"

"It's written right there on the fridge"

Re: Guest WiFi using a QR code

#138

Post by scatters »

citizenkeen wrote: post #99
brewdad wrote: post #84

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

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

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

Re: Guest WiFi using a QR code

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Post by mikestew »

josefresco wrote: post #69

This is super cool and would be awesome for situations where your guests are familiar with QR codes. But from my experience the process would go something like this: Visitor: What's your wifi password? Me: No password needed! We have a cool QR code you can scan that will auto-join you! Visitor: Oh cool, how do I use a QR code? Do I need an app? Me: Nope, just point your camera at it. Visitor: Like .. .take a picture…

I take it your visitors either cook all of their own food at home, or with their inability to use what passes for a restaurant menu these days, they have starved to death by now.

Re: Guest WiFi using a QR code

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Post by u801e »

aaaaaaaaaaab wrote: post #103
noobermin wrote: post #74

I am freaking tired of QR codes. I recently moved to another country (SG) and QR codes are literally used for almost everything now, essentially requiring a phone (and good lighting and a clean camera) to do almost anything. At least once a week I have to idle around waiting for a link to load in order to pay a vendor because scanning a qr-code under a glossy plastic standee is taking too long to read. I love how dev…

A shortened URL is just as opaque for humans as a QR code. http://bit.ly/gAtJlyc Would you trust this URL?

I trusted using curl to find out it just returns a HTTP 404 page :)
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