Have you ever had people staying at your house who ask you for the wifi password? And since most of us don’t know that string of gibberish off by heart, have you then found yourself scrabbling around at the back of the router, getting covered in dust and cobwebs (no? Just me?) while you shout out “Capital Y… 8… lower-case F…” like Rachel Riley on Countdown?
Well, if you ever do need to give someone the password to your wifi while they’re at your house, there are a couple of quick and relatively easy ways to do it on smartphones and tablets.
If both of you have Apple devices e.g. iPhones or iPads, then it’s extremely straightforward – your guest needs to open the Settings app, tap on WiFi, and then choose the name of your network. When they do that, you’ll receive a notification on your phone (provided it’s switched on and unlocked) asking if you want to share the password with them. Tap on “Share password”, then tap on “Done”.
If you have an Android phone or tablet, open the Settings app and tap on “Connections”, “Network” or similar, then tap on “Wi-Fi”. Tap on the cog icon next to your network name – or just the network name if you don’t have a cog icon – then look for a button that says “QR code” and tap on that (it might be tucked away behind a three dots menu button).
That will create a QR code, and all your guest needs to do is open the Camera app on their phone and scan that code. It doesn’t matter whether they have an iPhone or an Android, this method should work for both.
However, if you have an Apple device and they have an Android device, there’s no speedy way to share the wifi password between your phones – you’ll have to take a look at the router to find out the password and then your guest will need to type it in.
A quick thank you
Thanks to everyone who helped clear some space in our warehouse last week by ordering copies of the HALF PRICE Tablet books. Jade is very happy and is busy planning a new layout for the warehouse with the new found space!
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