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Invite someone else's device

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These steps show the screens as of September 2026. If the screens have changed, follow what the dashboard shows.

HomeGrid VPN registers another person’s device, such as a family member’s, with an invite link. You issue the invite link on the dashboard and send it, and the person who receives it opens it on their own device to register. They do not need a dashboard account.

Registering with an invite link The person inviting issues an invite link on the dashboard and shares it. The invited person opens the link on their own device and registers. 1. Issue You (dashboard) 2. Share Send the link or show the QR 3. Register Invited person's device
You issue the invite link, and the invited person opens it on their own device to register

Before you begin

  • An invite link is valid for 24 hours and can be used only once. Issue it when the other person is ready to register.
  • A device you invite also counts toward your number of Spokes. In the “Add a Spoke” panel, check “Spokes in use: … / …” to make sure you have room.
  • Decide on a name for the other person’s device. Use lowercase letters, numbers, and hyphens (for example, mom-phone).

Anyone who opens the invite link can register a device with it. Do not post it on social media or anywhere many people can see it. Send it only to the person you are inviting.

  1. In the “Add a Spoke” panel on the dashboard, click “+ Add Spoke (QR Code)”.

  2. Enter the name of the other person’s device in the “Device name (e.g. iphone-15-pro)” field.

  3. Click “🔗 Issue invite link”. The “HomeGrid VPN app QR code / invite link ready” screen appears.

    Screenshot (to be replaced): the screen after issuing an invite link, with the QR code, invite URL, and token blurred

  1. Click “📤 Share”, choose the app to send it with, and send the invite link. If no share screen appears, the link is copied and “Link copied to clipboard” is shown. Paste the copied link into a messaging app and send it.

  2. If the other person will register a Windows PC, also click “Copy” to the right of the “Token” field and send the token as well.

  3. When you have sent everything, click “Close”.

If the other person is with you, you can also show them the QR code on the screen and have them scan it with “Scan QR code” in their HomeGrid VPN app.

Step 3: The invited person registers

Android phone

  1. Install the HomeGrid VPN app from Google Play.

  2. Open the invite link you received. If the invitation page opens in the browser, tap “Open the HomeGrid VPN app”.

  3. The app opens and shows “Token filled in from the invite link. Tap “Activate” to complete registration.”. Tap “Activate”.

  4. Tap “Connect”. When Android asks you to confirm the VPN connection, allow it.

Windows PC

  1. Install the HomeGrid VPN app. For how to get it, see Step 2B in “Register your own device”.

  2. Open the app and paste the token you received into the “Activation token” field in the “Device activation” section.

  3. Click “Activate”.

  4. Click “Connect”.

Other devices (official WireGuard app)

  1. Open the invite link you received in a browser.

  2. Click “Other devices / advanced (official WireGuard app)” to expand the section.

  3. Click “Activate”.

  4. When “Activation complete” appears, scan the QR code with the official WireGuard app. On a PC, click the “Download … for PC” button (the button shows the name of the configuration file), then import the file into the official WireGuard app.

Check that the device was registered (person inviting)

The name of the other person’s device appears under “Registered Devices” on the dashboard.

An invite link stops working 24 hours after it is issued. A link that has already been used to register cannot be used again. If you see one of the following messages, the person inviting should issue a new link from “🔗 Issue invite link” and send it.

Where it appears Message
Invite page in the browser “Activation failed: …”, followed by “The token may have already been used or may have expired (24 hours). Please ask the person who invited you to issue a new invite link.”
Android app “The token is not valid. Please check it.”
  • If the browser shows “No invite token was found. Please open the invite link exactly as it was sent to you.”, the link may have been cut off. Open the link you received again, exactly as it is, all the way to the end.