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Wireless router deployment

  • US 10,637,856 B2
  • Filed: 12/12/2017
  • Issued: 04/28/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of a wireless router, comprising:

  • accessing, by the wireless router, default credentials, wherein the default credentials include a birth certificate, wherein the birth certificate was issued by a manufacturer of the wireless router;

    checking, by the wireless router, access to a backhaul link to an upstream network;

    authenticating, by the wireless router, using the default credentials;

    procuring, by the wireless router, from a CA (Certificate Authority) server, a customer certificate of a customer comprising the wireless router procuring digital certificates issued by the customer for a certificate validity time using a standard protocol;

    replacing, by the wireless router, the birth certificate with the customer certificate;

    authenticating, by the wireless router, with an authentication server using the customer certificate;

    procuring, by the wireless router, from a management server, a customer specific wireless mesh configuration after being authenticated by the authentication server, comprising the wireless router connecting to the management server using the customer certificate, and once authenticated, the management server downloading the customer specific wireless mesh configuration to allow the wireless router to operate within the wireless mesh network, wherein the customer specific wireless mesh configuration comprises at least a mesh ID, a radio channel number, and IP addresses of the wireless router;

    rebooting, by the wireless router, using the customer specific wireless mesh configuration, thereby allowing the wireless router to operate within a wireless mesh network, wherein the rebooting is triggered upon obtaining the customer specific wireless mesh configuration; and

    broadcasting, by the wireless router, service set identifiers (SSIDs) derived from the default credentials.

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