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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2023
Sonicwall Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Zhuangzhi Duo, Fremont, CA (US);
Atul Dhablania, San Jose, CA (US);
SONICWALL INC., Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to securely setting up mesh networks in a manner that does not require a physical network cable being attached to a wireless mesh device and that does not require transmitting unencrypted information wirelessly when a mesh network is setup. Methods and apparatus consistent with the present disclosure may allow a user to choose which mesh nodes can join a network and that user may specificity a custom profile that may include rules that may identify how mesh network identifiers are used, that identify passcodes/passphrases assigned to a particular network, may identify types of traffic that may be passed through particular 802.11 radio channels, or other parameters that may control how traffic is switched between devices in a particular wireless mesh network. This combined with dual factor verification and the use of different types of communication channels make wireless mesh networks easy to deploy and expand.