Step-by-step instructions to generate a QR code to connect your users to your guest SSID with Cloudi-Fi
1. Create a QR code to connect your device to your SSID
Go to https://qifi.org/ and set your QR code
- Name: your SSID_name
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Encryption: None
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SSID: name of the SSID broadcasted (for instance: Guest)
Use cases
for IOS users
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1. Scan the QR code
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2. Accept to join the Guest_SSID
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3. Wait 2/3 seconds for the captive portal to pop up
The browser will open the captive portal to allow the guest user to authenticate.
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4. Authenticate using the captive portal and validate
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5. Guests can browse the internet
for Android users
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1. Scan the QR code
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2. Accept to join the Guest_SSID
The browser will automatically open and redirect you to the captive portal
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3. Authenticate using the captive portal and validate
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4. Guests can browse the internet
Limitations
- For iOS devices, the captive portal may take a few seconds to pop up
- For iOS devices, after scanning the QR code, Guest users may have to manually open a browser.
- In many case, QR code connect the device to the Guest_SSID) but doesn't trigger captive portal HTTP request. This behaviour is random and dependent on the devices used.
if you have any questions, please contact Cloudi-Fi support team