Frequently Asked Questions

You can add as many friends you want, the list is limitless.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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

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.

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.