WeFi helps you find the best available WiFi connection.
With Wefi you can:
To join our community, please click here to download and install WeFi.
We hope you enjoy the WeFi experience.
Every new WeFi member makes the community stronger, expands the free WiFi network, and gives us all access to more content and information. So invite your friends to WeFi now.
To report bugs please use our Feedback Form and select “Report a bug” from the drop down menu.
Please send us a detailed description of the problem you encountered.
We support all major browsers, including Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox.
WeFi will automatically search for the best free WiFi in the area.
With WeFi you can stay connected even when you’re no way near your regular web connection.
To see your or any other connection location just enter the address in the search box and hit “search”.
You will pull up a map of all available and free WiFi spots in the area.
You may also choose to view secured spots and/or other WeFi users connected around you.
Yes, please do!
Our maps are entirely created by the community and it is the community that maintains their accuracy and attaches content and information to each location.
To map your location follow these 3 easy steps and become a Pro Mapper:
Please note that you need to be connected to Wireless Internet with WeFi in order to map your location.
1. Pull up the map to your location by inserting your address, zooming or dragging.
2. Click the Map Your Location” button.
3. Move the cursor to pinpoint your exact location and click the mouse.
You can map any spot this way. Every mapper helps the community by adding information about local WiFi.
Top mappers are featured on the website, to view the Top Mappers Hall of Fame click here
Currently you can see all WeFi users on the map, provided they’ve chosen to show their location. Your friends can see you too, unless you’re hiding your location.
To enhance community sociability and enable your friends to see you, we encourage you to choose “show my location” when registering. You may choose to temporarily hide your location by changing your “Privacy Settings” to “Appear as anonymous user” in WeFi -> File -> Edit Profile.
The option to only see your friends will be available soon.
Please note that the accuracy of each location is, at best, at city block level.
Very soon you will be able to see local reviews, events, and other users’ experience of the WiFi and spots around you.
Every WiFi spot that has been mapped by a WeFi user has its own Spotpage. The spot will show as mapped by the member who first mapped it, and should be registered to the owner of that wireless access spot. If you own a WiFi spot, you’ll soon be able to customize your Spotpage. Tell the world what’s going on at your local café, or upload your family pictures. (You can even use Flicker to upload your own photos, or any photos associated with that spot’s location.)
Yes, WeFi detects when your LAN cable is plugged in and switches to a LAN connection. Wireless connection is resumed when the LAN cable is disconnected.
Usually WeFi can work in parallel to another wireless manager.
However, if you experience difficulties, we recommend that you shut down all other wireless managers running on your computer.
To access your router while WeFi is working, please do the following:
1. Locate the WeFi tray icon, right click it and choose “Open WeFi client”.
2. Go to Tools -> Connection Status. A new window will open.
3. The “Gateway” value is the IP address of the router you are currently connected through.
You can connect to WEP, WPA and WPA2 (AES, Personal Mode, Mixed Mode) encrypted routers.
The “Auto WiFi” mode actively searches for the best spot around to connect to, ensuring you always stay connected to the internet and enjoy the best available wireless experience at any time. Even if the connection drops, WeFi will automatically and immediately try to find an alternative so that you stay connected.
By clicking “Manual Connect” you stay connected to the spot of your choice even if WeFi detects that internet is not available on that spot.
No need to choose! Once WeFi starts it will automatically try to connect you to the best spot available.
You may manually choose to connect to a spot by double clicking it. If it’s an encrypted spot, you will be prompted to insert the key.
To remove WeFi from your computer please do the following:
1. Locate the WeFi tray icon (should be next to the clock).
2. Right click it and choose Exit
3. Go to Start -> Control Panel -> and double click Add or Remove Programs.
4. Locate WeFi, click it and then click on the Remove button. Follow the instructions to remove WeFi.
5. You will receive an “Uninstall Complete” notice prompting you to click on the Finish button.
WeFi should now be successfully removed from your computer.
You can also remove WeFi by using our uninstaller:
1. Locate the WeFi icon in the tray on the desktop (should be next to the clock).
2. Right click it and choose Exit
3. Go to “Start” -> “All Programs” -> “WeFi” -> Click on “Uninstall WeFi”
4. A new window will appear asking “Do you want to completely remove the selected application and all of its features?” Click YES
5. You will receive an “Uninstall Complete” notice. Click “Finish”.
We hope you join the WeFi community again in the future.
Try the following:
1. Disable your wireless card.
2. Run the WeFi setup again. The setup will fail and clean any former files installed.
3. Enable your wireless card and run the setup again.
One possible cause for this problem might be that your firewall settings are set to the highest level. There are some firewall applications that prevent WeFi from working in this situation.
Another possible cause is an OEM wireless manager. The standard Windows wireless manager (wireless zero config) does not conflict with WeFi. However, some OEM wireless managers that are distributed with a new PC or laptop can cause conflicts with the WeFi client. If you are having trouble connecting to a wireless network via WeFi, disabling your current wireless manager may solve the problem.
The following may help if you decide to disable your OEM wireless manager:
1. OEM wireless managers generally place an icon in the system tray, usually at the bottom corner of the screen, next to the time.
2. The method for disabling your wireless manager varies depending on which software you are running.
Some require the user to right-mouse-click on the icon in the system tray and select ‘deactivate wireless manager’ or similar. Others require the user to double-click the icon in the system tray to open the wireless manager console. Within the console, there should be an option to ‘let this tool manage your wireless networks’ or similar. Disable this option.
3. Reboot your computer.
4. Start the WeFi client.
If you are still experiencing problems connecting via Wefi, please contact WeFi support with details about your wireless manager’s name and version.
For advanced users:
Don’t attempt to do this unless you are familiar with msconfig and services.
Some wireless managers need to be removed from the startup. Run msconfig and remove the OEM wireless manager software from the startup. You may also need to change the properties of the services associated with the wireless manager from automatic startup mode to disabled.
Yes, to install and run WeFi you need to have administrative privileges.
In order to check if you have administrative privileges right click on “My Computer”, choose “Manage”. Under “System Tools” double click on “Local users and groups”. Double click on “Groups” and check that your name appears in the “Administrators” list by double clicking it.
By mapping your location you help WeFi users around the globe easily find and connect to open WiFi networks.
Each marked spot contributes to our system in gaining more knowledge, allowing you and your friends to easily connect anywhere, anytime.
This is your time to make a difference!
First, thank you for contributing to the effort of mapping the world!
Top mappers receive extremely cool badges signifying their contribution to the community.
They are also featured on the Top Mappers Hall of Fame list on our site and will able to participate in our future competitions with awesome prizes.
So whatchya waitin’ for? Fame is just around the corner.
To join our growing community of WeFi users please click here and install WeFi now.
Easily create your WeFi Friend List by doing the following:
1. Open WeFi and click the “People” tab.
2. Choose and click on the user you would like to add as your friend.
3. Click the “add as a friend” icon to send an invitation.
4. Your new friend will now appear in the Friend list.
Note that a hand icon will appear next to the name until you are confirmed as a friend.
Coming soon… Chat with your WeFi friends and Neighbours connected near you.
You can add as many friends you want, the list is limitless.
You friend is connected to an unmapped WiFi spot. Click the ‘where are you’ icon to ask them to map their spot and show you where they are.
Of course!
You can choose who’s able to see your location or who can see your Friend list by changing your Account Settings in the Preference menu.
Soon you will be able to chat with WeFi Friends and Neighbors connected near you.
You want everyone to know where you are, but never have the time to go to Twitter.com and update everyone?
Let us do it for you!
When you sign up to Twitter on WeFi, a Twitt is sent on your behalf every time you login to a mapped spot, and tells the world where you are. This twitt is sent to the entire world or just to your friends, based on your preference on Twitter.com.
The system requirements for the WeFi client are:
Laptop equipped with a wireless card supporting 802.11b/g or 802.11a/b/g standard with Windows XP Service Pack 2, Windows Vista, Mac OSX
Mobile devices: Pocket PC with Windows Mobile 5.0 and 6.0
Please note that we are currently incompatible with Smartphones
* We are temporarily incompatible with a specific Dell model - Latitude 630
We apologize but we are temporarily incompatible with the following Pocket PC’s:
Asus p550, A639
HTC 3600
Dell Axim x50v
