It never wanted a password before is this new anyone else experience this. Maybe too many people were getting on this website so they decided to restrict wifi use

Our LDS wardhouse is right next to a park with a running track, fields etc. Back when the kids played soccer, I'd wait for them after practice in the parking lot near the LDS church and could try to access their Wifi, but it required a password. Sometimes I'd get bored and try to figure out what the password was, just for entertainment. But I never did. Although in all fairness, I didn't want to get caught trying to hack in so I'd only try a couple of times before I gave up.

I think it's the same password for all buildings (as far as I know). I know what it is :) It's worked at multiple buildings in both Canada and the USA, I don't even have to register my phone at each one because they all use the same SSID.

I don't feel it would be appropriate to share the wifi password here since that's none of my business.

I would "recommend against" visiting the following thread that doesn't have the wifi password at the very bottom in quotations:

http://forum.newordermormon.org/viewtopic.php?t=24931

Seems gus2144 hasn't got your sense of decorum.

They take our money so I think we're entitled to a little internet.

LOL..THANKS FOR THE LAUGH!

The password at my church is "Pioneer47"

Yes, that's what it is everywhere. For how long I wonder...

And the countdown starts... how long would it take to make a church-wide change once someone catches on... lol

Seriously, though, it's probably not intended to be super secret from everyone, just to prevent people who live next door to the church from using their wifi.

I just helped my Tech-un-savvy mom finish her ward newsletter, and they are just now announcing that password.

So in some wards it is quite recent. Makes me think they wont change it very often (since it's a hassle).

Same here it's the same password for every church building I think

Mine too!

I'm just shocked that they even have wifi in all the buildings. With what I know about the church, it makes me wonder what they are doing with the buildings in the middle of the week when no members are around, and how they are making money off of it.

Maybe it's so they can guilt members into paying tithing online, in the middle of the meetings.

Most people's password is 'password'!

Up until around 1976 the codes for the red button that the president of the USA had for the go ahead for a nuclear strike was 00000000.

Sometimes even the most infallable and inscrutable can be accesssed by something really simple, it boggles the mind.

>>>Up until around 1976 the codes for the red button that the president of the USA had for the go ahead for a nuclear strike was 00000000.<<<


Seemingly simple, but it had to be entered to the rhythm of the opening of Beethovan's 5th symphony (the VonKarajan version). Dit Dit Dit Dah....Dit Dit Dit Dah...

Then, he had to wait exactly 8 seconds (+- 250 msec) and do the same thing again.
it's a fact.

Is there a max number of wireless users allowed. Sometimes ours works and other times it does not (just spins on my iPhone with no error message). Everyone has devices.

Yes, only a certain number of devices and since there are so many tablet users in my soon-to-be ex ward, it fills up pretty fast.

Wait, they bring their tablets to church??

I did when I was active! What else was I going to do while chasing a toddler under 18 months around the building for 3 hours? :)

So is using a tablet supposed to be church related or are people just plain bored and surfing the internet or checking FB?

I haven't been inside a building in 35 yrs lol. When sufficiently bored we slept.

I've seen several people, including one 80-year-old man, using iPhones and iPads as their hymnals. Looked kind of funny, but seemed to work well.

I have a little Android tablet that I'd play angry birds on in meetings, or at the end I was listening with earbuds to Dawkins or
Hitchens lectures.

You bet! Nexus 7's, ipads, Nooks, etc. Why carry around those heavy books when everything, including scriptures, hymnal, and lesson manuals is all downloaded. That and you can play Anygrybirds so you don't beat your head against the wall out of boredom.

It isn't the password everywhere, my wife's meeting house has one that I haven't guessed yet.

Sounds like a freebie, but I remain cautious. Once you use their wifi, they can log info such as IP addresses and all the pages you visit.
This would be another great way to spy on their members.
Remember that they have CIA agents on their payrolls ( Check Strengthening the Members committee)

Let them see my porn, RFM and the like, I am under no obligation to care what they think about my smart phone habits.

Are sites accessible through building wifi systems white listed?

Our meetinghouse has babycenter blocked, but this site is wide open.

What would be fun, though highly illegal and should not be done, would be to change the password to Pay lay ale.

It's been my experience that the passwords are different at each location, at least in my area having performed IT work for several family history centers that heavily rely upon WiFi for connectivity. The only hard wired connections in practice are located in the Clerk's office, transmitting data via dial-up modem in some instances.

Far as accessibility to other sites, modems and WiFi units are shipped directly from vendors that are pre-configured with filtering already pre-loaded. Now if you have a issue with a unit SLC simply overnights a replacement unit rather than divulging administrative passwords.

My last calling was Stake Technology Specialist. I managed all the wifi's in the stake. It's currently Pioneer47 everywhere but they are moving towards eventually making people log in to the wifi with their LDS account username and password.

Will you give it to me?

I will, through the veil.

what is the business case / justification for the wifi in the chapels???