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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2012
Filed:
May. 15, 2008
Boon Kiat Law, Singapore, SG;
Eng Leok Chng, Singapore, SG;
Boon Kiat Law, Singapore, SG;
Eng Leok Chng, Singapore, SG;
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
A system and method for configuring devices for wireless communication are disclosed. A method may include detecting one or more available wireless access points. The method may also include accessing filtering information including at least one of (a) factory default information identifying one or more factory defaults for each available wireless access point and (b) a secured status of each available wireless access point. The method may also include filtering the available wireless access points based on at least the accessed filtering information. The method may further include selecting one of the filtered wireless access points as an associated wireless access point to be associated with an information handling system based on at least one of (a) a signal strength of each filtered available wireless access points and (b) a user input.