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Q. I work in a training facility where our IT department insists on using difficult passwords to protect our Wi-Fi routers, and as a result, our many guests frequently have difficulty connecting. Any ...

We often find ourselves in a situation where we have to share the credentials of our Wi-Fi network with other people. Generally, the owner of the Wi-Fi router has to give out the password, which ...

The popular password manager 1Password has just received another update with a very useful new feature. Users can now generate a QR Code to share Wi-Fi passwords with others, making it easy for guests ...

“Yo, what’s your WiFi password?” It’s a question we’ve all asked, and answered, dozens of times. Happily, there appears to be a neat way around the issue, as an intrepid Reddit user recently made well ...

Sharing your Wi-Fi network details with friends and family while visiting your place doesn’t require dictating awkward network IDs or passwords out loud. It also ...

Thanks to Android 10, houseguests will thank you for not having to ever tap out a long Wi-Fi password again. Clifford Colby Former Managing Editor Clifford led How To coverage. He spent a handful of ...

To generate and share a WiFi QR code on an iPhone running iOS 18, open the Passwords app, select the Wi-Fi option, choose your network, and tap Show Network QR Code. Your friend can scan the code ...

Sharing your Wi-Fi network no longer requires the inconvenience of typing out long and complex passwords. With just a few taps on your iPhone or iPad, you can ...

Windows 11 now allows you to display the connected Wi-Fi password with a QR code, which other devices can scan to connect to the same Wi-Fi network. With the Windows 11 24H2 update, Microsoft also ...

Tap Share Password and the other device will be connected instantly. If the pop-up window didn't appear, go to your iPhone Settings app > Wi-Fi, then click on the Wi-Fi network you are currently using ...

Just about everyone has a Wi-Fi network at home, and it's all but guaranteed that any given network you come across will be protected by a password. The days of unprotected wireless networks may be ...