If your house turns into a revolving door of family for the next month and a half, you already know the drill. Somebody is going to ask for the WiFi password within about ten minutes of walking in the door, and then it’s going to spread through the whole group by the end of the night. 

To be fair, nobody wants to burn through their own data plan while they're visiting, especially with kids who need something to stream during the chaos of a holiday kitchen. However, handing out your actual network password to every cousin, in-law, and their kid's tablet isn't great either. That's how you end up with half your extended family connected to your main network indefinitely, long after the visit's over. 

This is exactly the kind of thing Pioneer SmartWiFi was built for, and if you've got it already, you're sitting on a feature you might not have used yet. Right from the app, you can spin up a separate guest network in under a minute, completely apart from your real one.  

Here's how quick it actually is: Open the app, choose Networks > add network > Guest network. Give it a name, something like "Thanksgiving" or whatever's easiest for your family to recognize, and set a password.  

You get to decide how long it lasts too. Leave it open indefinitely, or set a start and end time so it automatically shuts off once everyone's headed home. The best part is you don't even have to say the password out loud across a crowded kitchen! Just hit Save and Send SMS, pick the contacts from your phon e, and it texts the WiFi info straight to them. 

Maybe it’s a small thing, but it's one less "can I get on your WiFi" conversation during a season that already has enough going on. If you haven't poked around in the SmartWiFi app yet, this is a good excuse to open it up before everyone starts showing up.