Where should a guest Wi-Fi tag be placed?
Where a guest is already standing and already wondering about the network, which is the hallway or the room they are staying in. Not on the router, which is where most people put it and where no guest is standing.
Not on the router
The router is where the network lives, which makes it the obvious place and the wrong one.
It is usually in a corner, behind furniture, or in a cupboard. A guest asking about the network is standing somewhere else entirely.
It is also plastic over electronics, and routers are often on metal shelving or beside other equipment, none of which helps.
The tag should be where the question is asked, not where the answer technically originates.
Where guests actually are
The hallway, where someone arrives and takes their coat off.
The room they are staying in, on the bedside table or the desk, which is where the question actually occurs to them.
The kitchen table or wherever people sit down, which is the moment phones come out.
One tag in the right place beats three in convenient ones, and a guest who has already asked out loud has already lost the benefit.
The surface underneath
A fridge door is steel and needs an on metal tag. A radiator, a metal lamp base and a metal framed mirror are the same.
Wood, plaster, glass and plastic are all fine.
A tag on the underside of a table edge is discreet and hard to find, which defeats the purpose. Visible and slightly ugly beats invisible and unused.
A card standing on a surface is often better than a tag stuck to one: it can be picked up, it carries printed details, and it does not damage anything.
Say what it is
People do not tap unlabelled objects in other people's homes, and they are right not to.
A few words is enough: what it does, and that it takes a second.
Print the network name and password on the same object, which serves every phone including the ones the tag cannot help.
And put it at hand height rather than high on a wall, since the gesture needs a phone brought to it comfortably.
Frequently asked questions
Why not put the tag on the router?
Because guests are not standing at the router. Put it where the question occurs to them, which is usually the hallway or their room.
Can I stick it to the fridge?
Only with an on metal tag. A fridge door is a steel panel and an ordinary tag reads nothing on it.
Is a card better than a sticker?
Often. It can be picked up, it carries the printed details, and it leaves no mark on furniture.
Do guests need to be told what it is?
Yes. Nobody taps an unlabelled object in someone else's house, and a few words solves it.