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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2011
Aidan N. Low, Seattle, WA (US);
Mike Mouawad, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Nolan D. O'brien, Seattle, WA (US);
Siddhartha Dattagupta, Irvine, CA (US);
Aidan N. Low, Seattle, WA (US);
Mike Mouawad, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Nolan D. O'Brien, Seattle, WA (US);
Siddhartha Dattagupta, Irvine, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques are presented for configuring multiple client devices to connect to a network device (e.g., a wireless router). In one embodiment, a setup application executing on one of the client devices determines if the network device has previously been configured. For example, the network device may broadcast a predefined network name to advertise that a user access point has been configured. If the polling setup application detects the predefined network name, then it can skip any steps that would configure the network device. Accordingly, the setup application only configures the client device to connect to the network device.