Share Wi-Fi with guests in one scan
Guests point the camera, tap Join and are online. The password stays on the card, spelled right every time.
To share Wi-Fi with guests, print a QR code that holds your network name, password and security type. A guest scans it with an iPhone or Android camera and the phone offers to join, password included. Enter your network details above, download the code and print it on a table card, room card or door sign.
Online before the coffee arrives
A card on every table. Guests scan and join your guest network in one tap.
How to set up a guest Wi-Fi code
Create a guest network
Most routers can run a separate guest network. Use it for the code, so guests stay away from tills, printers and staff laptops.
Enter the exact network name
Type the network name as the router shows it, including capitals and spaces, then the password and the security type, usually WPA.
Test with a phone that forgot the network
Remove the network from a phone, scan the preview and check that it joins. This catches typos before anything is printed.
Print it where people sit
Tables, bedside cards, the reception desk and the waiting area. Add the network name in text for laptops that cannot scan.
Worked example: a guesthouse with eight rooms
- One network, nine cards
- The guesthouse runs a guest network called "Harbour Guests". Each room gets a bedside card, and the breakfast room has one more on the wall.
- What changes at breakfast
- Guests no longer ask for the password over coffee, and the owner stops writing it on scraps of paper that leave with them.
- When the password changes
- Every few months the owner sets a new guest password and prints nine new cards from a fresh code. Old cards stop working, which is the point.
Fixed or editable for Wi-Fi?
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Fixed QR code (static)
Wi-Fi codes work best fixed. The phone reads the network details straight from the code and joins without visiting any website, even with no mobile data. It is free and needs no account.
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Editable QR code (dynamic)
An editable code cannot join a network: it opens a web page, and phones join Wi-Fi only from the details inside the code itself. If you change the password often, print a new fixed code each time, which costs nothing.
Where Wi-Fi signs get used
At the point of asking
Put the card where guests used to ask: the counter, the table, the bedside. A code in the corridor is scanned far less.
Make it last
Laminate the cards or use a stand. A guest Wi-Fi code is scanned many times a day, and worn codes are the first to fail.
Print the details too
Show the network name, and the password if you like, in small text under the code for laptops and older phones.
Questions and answers
Before you print
- Is it free?
- Fixed codes are free: make as many as you like, download a PNG with no sign-up, and get every other format and print files with a free account. Editable codes come with a plan, a pass, Keep-alive or the 14-day trial.
- Can I change the link after printing?
- Yes, with an editable code. It holds a short link you control, so you can point the printed code somewhere new any time, and the next scan opens the new page. A fixed code keeps the link it was made with.
- Can I use my own domain?
- Yes. A custom domain is included on passes, from Starter, and during the trial. Starter covers one subdomain, for example go.yourbrand.com, and apex domains start on Pro.
- What happens if I stop paying?
- Editable codes work to the end of your paid period, and after a failed payment every code keeps working for 14 days. Turn codes back on within 12 months. Fixed codes keep working as long as their links do.
Do guests need an app to scan a Wi-Fi code?
The camera app on current iPhones and Android phones recognises Wi-Fi codes and shows a join button. Some older Android phones need Google Lens or a scanner app instead.
Is it safe to put the password in a QR code?
The code contains the password in readable form, so anyone who scans it can join. That is fine for a guest network meant to be shared. Keep the network your business devices use separate, and never print its password.
What happens when I change the Wi-Fi password?
The printed code stops working, because the old password is inside it. Make a new code with the new password and replace the cards. Many places change the guest password every few months on purpose.
Does it work for a hidden network?
Yes. Tick the hidden network option in the generator, so the phone knows to look for a network that does not broadcast its name. A visible guest network is easier for laptops, though.
Can one code cover two networks?
No, one Wi-Fi code holds one network. If you run separate networks on two floors, print a code for each and label which floor it belongs to.
Stop spelling out the password
Enter your guest network details, test the preview and print a card for every table or room.