LEGACY SUPPORT FOR WI-FI PROTECTED SETUP
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for automatically enabling a client to interact with a first wireless access point that is not WPS-enabled, the method comprising:
- storing, at a second wireless access point that is WPS-enabled, configuration information pertaining to the first wireless access point; and
sending the configuration information from the second wireless access point to the client in a message that conforms to the WPS standard.
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Abstract
Techniques and systems for automatically configuring devices to interact with “legacy” wireless access points (“WAPs”) are disclosed. According to one technique, a user programs a WPS-enabled WAP with the configuration information of a “legacy” WAP. This makes the WPS-enabled WAP “aware” of the “legacy” WAP. When any other user brings his device within discovery range of the WPS-enabled WAP, the WPS-enabled WAP sends, to that device, a list of the WAPs of which the WPS-enabled WAP is aware. The device'"'"'s user selects one of the WAPs (e.g., a “legacy” WAP) from the list. The WPS-enabled WAP receives the user'"'"'s selection and sends, to the device, the configuration information for the selected WAP. The user'"'"'s device configures itself, using the configuration information, to interact with the selected WAP. Thereafter, the user'"'"'s device can access a network through the selected WAP, even if the selected WAP is a “legacy” WAP.
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1. A computer-implemented method for automatically enabling a client to interact with a first wireless access point that is not WPS-enabled, the method comprising:
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storing, at a second wireless access point that is WPS-enabled, configuration information pertaining to the first wireless access point; and sending the configuration information from the second wireless access point to the client in a message that conforms to the WPS standard. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 14)
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8. A machine-readable medium carrying one or more sequences of instructions, wherein execution of the one or more sequences of instructions by one or more processors causes the one or more processors to perform the steps of:
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storing, at a second wireless access point that is WPS-enabled, configuration information pertaining to a first wireless access point that is not WPS-enabled; and sending the configuration information from the second wireless access point to a client in a message that conforms to the WPS standard. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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15. A WPS-enabled wireless access point that is configured to:
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store configuration information pertaining to a legacy wireless access point that is not WPS-enabled; and send the configuration information to a client in a message that conforms to the WPS standard. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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