Hi everyone!
I recently created a user-friendly WiFi portal that runs on my private LAN. The goal was to provide my family with quick access to WiFi information without them needing to ask me for it. After searching for a similar solution and not finding one, I decided to build it myself!
Some of the key features:
- Login info hidden unless you explicitly click on it.
- Generates QR code for your use.
- Mobile and PWA support.
- Tags to help identify when to use each network.
I’m not a web developer, so I would really appreciate any feedback or suggestions on how to improve the app. Thanks for your support!
Or on their phone.
Most of the time it’s used to help guests get onto the wifi quickly.
I also find it handy to get the wifi password when on-boarding smart devices or whatever new gadget.
But how do they connect to your network in order to access this web app? If the WiFi network credentials are needed to access the network that has the QR code for the network credentials, this sounds like a Catch 22.
Also, is a QR code useful if the web app is opened on the very phone needing the credentials? Perhaps other phones are different, but my smartphone is unable to scan a QR code that is on the display.
So guests use their phone data to access a publicly available list of WiFi credentials and then use that to connect to your home network???