How to Get on the DFWYAS Guest WiFi

1Join the network

Open your phone’s WiFi settings and join DFWYAS - Guest.

1. 1DFWYAS - Guest. Tap this one.
2. 2No padlock. It has no password. If a network with a similar name asks for one, it isn’t ours.

A sign-in page should open on its own within a few seconds. If it doesn’t, open your browser and go to neverssl.com, and it will send you there.

The sign-in page has three tabs, and the next three sections cover one each.

2Sign in with your password

If you already have a password, this is the quickest way on.

1. 1The tabs. The page opens on Sign in.
2. 2Email. The one you use on dfwyas.com.
3. 3Password. Tap Show to check what you typed.
4. 4Signed up with Google, or forgot your password? These links switch you to the email code in section 3. Google doesn’t allow its sign-in inside a WiFi page.
5. 5The WiFi terms. Tick the box to accept them. You do this every time you sign in.
6. 6Sign in and get online.

Reading the WiFi terms

Tap Read the WiFi terms to open them on the same page. They cover who can use the WiFi and what we record while you’re on it.

1. 1The terms. Hide the WiFi terms closes them again.
2. 2The box. If we ever change the terms, the new version is what you’ll be accepting here.

3Sign in with an email code

For anyone who signed up with Google or doesn’t remember their password. We email you a 6-digit code and you type it in.

1. 1Email. If you signed up with Google, that’s your Gmail address.
2. 2Email me a code. It usually arrives within a few seconds.

Getting the code out of your email

Cell signal in the building isn’t great, so once you ask for a code your phone gets 5 minutes of slow internet, enough to open your email. Give the page a moment to refresh itself before you switch apps. On an iPhone that refresh is what keeps you on the WiFi when you leave the sign-in screen. You get these minutes up to four times a day on each device.

1. 1The subject line. The code is in it, so you often don’t need to open the email.
2. 2The code. It works once and expires after 15 minutes.

The email also has a Get online button. Tap it and the WiFi page opens with the code already filled in, so all that’s left is ticking the WiFi terms and tapping Get online. Keep your phone on DFWYAS Guest while you do. This is the easy way on an iPhone, because the sign-in screen closes when you switch to your email.

Typing the code in

If you’d rather type it, or the sign-in screen is still open, put the code in the box. If you left the sign-in screen and it opens again, it goes straight back to the code box. Already have a code from earlier? On the Email me a code tab, type your email and tap I already have a code.

1. 1Where it went. The address the code was sent to.
2. 26-digit code. Type or paste it.
3. 3The WiFi terms.
4. 4Get online.
5. 5Send a new code. If nothing arrived, check your spam first. The button unlocks after 30 seconds, and an earlier code still works for its 15 minutes. Use a different email takes you back a step.

4Make an account on the spot

It’s the same free account you use to book events, so you only make it once. You can also make it ahead of time at dfwyas.com/account.

1. 1Full name. First and last.
2. 2Email. Use one you can check on your phone, since your codes and booking confirmations go there.
3. 3Password. At least 12 characters. A few words in a row, like tacos before line dancing, is easy to remember and hard to guess.
4. 4The DFWYAS terms. Our Terms & Conditions, Privacy Policy and Participation Policy & Waiver. Tap a name to read it.
5. 5The WiFi terms.
6. 6Create account and get online. Both in one step.

5You’re online

1. 14 hours, counted from when you signed in.
2. 2Continue. Closes the page.
3. 3Done. Some iPhones show this at the top of the screen instead. Either works.

When your time is up

The internet stops. Your phone won’t always bring the sign-in page back by itself, so open any website, or turn your WiFi off and on, and sign in again for another 4 hours. Signing back in on the same phone doesn’t use up a second device.

6More than one device

You can have 2 devices on at once, say a phone and a laptop. If you sign in on a third, you’ll get a list of the two you have on and can swap one out.

1. 1A device you have on, with when its time runs out.
2. 2Sign this one out and use this device.
3. 3Go without. Leaves the other two on and this one off.

If you tell your phone to forget the network and then rejoin, it can come back looking like a new device and take your second spot. If that happens, swap the old one out here.

7When something goes wrong

A message appears just above the button, usually with a way to fix it.

1. 1A wrong password. Try again, or tap Email me a code instead.

The other messages

If the sign-in is down

If the sign-in can’t reach our system, nobody new can get on until it’s back, and you’ll see this page. That’s deliberate, so the network never opens up when something breaks.

1. 1The message.
2. 2Try again. Give it a few minutes first. If it stays down, tell whoever is hosting.

If you can’t find the network, or can’t get on

We turn the guest WiFi off when we aren’t at the space, because we don’t want it being used when nobody from the club is there. During those blackout periods DFWYAS - Guest won’t show up at all.

The other reason is a ban. An account that has been banned for abusing the WiFi can still see the network, but signing in will say the account is suspended. If you think either one is a mistake, talk to whoever is hosting.

If the sign-in page won’t open

1. Check your phone is on DFWYAS - Guest and hasn’t switched networks.
2. Turn off any VPN app.
3. Turn WiFi off and back on, then try neverssl.com again.

8Good to know

• 18 and older. The WiFi terms require it.
• Each device has a speed limit so one big download doesn’t slow down the room. Save updates and 4K streaming for home.
• What we record: your account, the device (its name, type and hardware address), its IP address, which access point it used, and when it was online.
• Public WiFi isn’t private. Use secure (https) websites and apps for anything personal.