The connection of devices for wireless service is typically a tedious process that involves the user in the minutia of an underlying protocol used by a wireless adapter. The present invention enables users of wireless devices to configure a service by automatic connection through the use of a local environmental indication of an identification code such as a barcode. A service is a labor carried out among a group of two or more devices for the benefit of one or more devices in the group. Exemplary services are: one-way file transfer, two-way file transfer, broadcast service, registration of peripherals such as printers or scanners, news aggregation, event notification, email service, calendar update, etc. An indication of an identification code is input to at least one device representing a service over a wireless link among at least a first and second device. At least one service relationship such as sender, receiver, transceiver, or relay is identified for each of a first and second device, and the devices are automatically configured into their respective service relationships utilizing the identification code.