Associating devices and users with a local area network using network identifiers

A system, comprising:

• one or more data processors;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing instructions which when executed on the one or more data processors, cause the one or more data processors to perform operations including:
• receiving, at a network device, configuration information associated with a network, wherein the network device uses the configuration information to connect to the network;
• storing, at the network device, the configuration information on a portion of the network device that includes a removable radio frequency tag;
• receiving, at the network device, an indication that a new network device is associated with the network;
• removing the radio frequency tag from the network device and moving the radio frequency tag of the network device to a position that is in proximity to the new network device to communicate with the new network device using another network different from the network;
• establishing, by the network device, a direct communications link between the radio frequency tag of the network device and the new network device;
• and
• transmitting the configuration information to the new network device, wherein the configuration information is transmitted using the direct communications link, and wherein the new network device uses the configuration information to connect to the network, and wherein the new network device is configured to facilitate an additional network device connecting to the network.

A computer-program product tangibly embodied in a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, including instructions configured to cause a data processing apparatus to:

• receive, at a network device, configuration information associated with a network, wherein the network device uses the configuration information to connect to the network;
• store, at the network device, the configuration information on a portion of the network device that includes a removable radio frequency tag;
• receive, at the network device, an indication that a new network device is associated with the network;
• remove the radio frequency tag from the network device and moving the radio frequency tag of the network device to a position that is in proximity to the new network device to communicate with the new network device using another network different from the network;
• establish, by the network device, a direct communications link between the radio frequency tag of the network device and the new network device;
• and
• transmit the configuration information to the new network device, wherein the configuration information is transmitted using the direct communications link, and wherein the new network device uses the configuration information to connect to the network, and wherein the new network device is configured to facilitate an additional network device connecting to the network.