Telecommunications – Radiotelephone system – Security or fraud prevention
Reexamination Certificate
2003-08-12
2008-09-02
Appiah, Charles N (Department: 2617)
Telecommunications
Radiotelephone system
Security or fraud prevention
C455S410000, C379S189000, C379S161000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07421266
ABSTRACT:
An access point to be installed in a wireless network is automatically discovered and associated with an authentication center adapted to provide remote authentication services for the wireless network. This may be accomplished by executing an address resolution protocol scan of nodes on the wireless network and identifying from the scan results the access point to be installed. Configuration information regarding the access point is then transmitted to the authentication center and the access point is configured to use the authentication center for 802.1x authentication services for the wireless network.
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Bruestle Jeremy J.
Lillie Terrance L.
Sneiderman Richard P.
Wiedmann Christian
Wiedmann Ulrich
Appiah Charles N
Hamaty Christopher J.
McAfee, Inc.
Stephen Emem
Zilka-Kotab, PC
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