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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2003
Jeremy J. Bruestle, Seattle, WA (US);
Terrance L. Lillie, Redwood City, CA (US);
Christian Wiedmann, Redwood City, CA (US);
Robert Zejlko, San Jose, CA (US);
Richard P. Sneiderman, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ulrich Wiedmann, Redwood City, CA (US);
Jeremy J. Bruestle, Seattle, WA (US);
Terrance L. Lillie, Redwood City, CA (US);
Christian Wiedmann, Redwood City, CA (US);
Robert Zejlko, San Jose, CA (US);
Richard P. Sneiderman, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ulrich Wiedmann, Redwood City, CA (US);
McAfee, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
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.