Add another device

Once one computer runs the AI, every other computer you sign in on can use it — at home, at the office, or on café Wi-Fi.

The whole trick is the account

Sign in with the same Google account you used on the first computer. That is what puts them on the same private network. There is nothing to pair and no address to copy.

On the new computer

1. Install Waired — Windows · macOS · Linux

2. Sign in the same way as the first time, with the same Google account: see Sign in and set up.

3. Say no to running models, unless this computer is also powerful enough to host one. A laptop that only uses the AI does not need to download anything — it will be answered by the computer you set up first.

Check that it can reach the first computer

waired status --observability

Look at the Mesh line:

Mesh:     2 enrolled / 1 reachable / 1 ready

• enrolled — how many computers are in your network
• reachable — how many this computer can currently talk to
• ready — how many of those have a model loaded and are offering it

1 reachable / 1 ready on a laptop means your AI computer is up and available. If it reads 0 reachable, see A device can’t reach my AI computer.

Then ask it something:

waired infer "say hi"

The answer comes from the other computer, over an encrypted connection.

Where the answer comes from

By default Waired chooses for you: it uses this computer’s own AI if it has one, and otherwise asks one of your other computers. To pin it down:

waired worker get                    # where requests go now
waired worker set --mode=local-only  # never use another computer
waired worker set --mode=peer-preferred
waired peers list                    # see your other computers
waired worker set --pin=<device>     # always use this one

Nothing to open on your router

Your computers connect directly when the network allows it, and fall back to an encrypted relay when a firewall gets in the way. Both are automatic — no port forwarding, no VPN configuration.

Remove a device later

Uninstalling Waired on a computer removes it from your list automatically. To remove one you no longer have access to, open your device list at app.waired.ai and delete it there.

UninstallTake a computer out of your network properly.

PrivacyWhat travels between your devices, and what does not.