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Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015

Filed:

Jul. 30, 2013
Applicant:

Time Warner Cable Enterprises Llc, New York, NY (US);

Inventors:

Geoff Filippi, Ashburn, VA (US);

John Anthony Chen, Ashburn, VA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 12/08 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/08 (2013.01); H04L 63/0272 (2013.01); H04L 63/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods for cloning a Wi-Fi access point. A determination is made by a network monitoring device to transition communications between a Wi-Fi device and a first access point (AP) to a second AP. The SSID and the security configuration information, and, optionally, network address translation (NAT) information of the first access point are acquired and provided to a second AP. The second AP instantiates the SSID and the security configuration information and, optionally, the NAT information. The networking monitoring device directs the first AP to cease using the SSID and the security configuration information and, optionally, the NAT information in response to receipt of confirmation that the second AP has instantiated the SSID and the security configuration information and, optionally, the NAT information of the first AP.


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