Wireless network access for data appliances

A method of operating a wireless data network to wirelessly serve a data appliance, the method comprising:

• a wireless access point wirelessly receiving a network access request having a distributed ledger indicator and an appliance identity from the data appliance and transferring the appliance identity over a data tunnel between the wireless access point and a distributed ledger for delivery to the distributed ledger responsive to the access request;
• the distributed ledger receiving the appliance identity over the data tunnel, reaching consensus on the appliance identity, determining network access for the data appliance per the appliance identity, reaching consensus on the network access for the data appliance, and transferring a network access instruction for the data appliance for delivery to the wireless access point over the data tunnel;
• the wireless access point receiving the network access instruction over the data tunnel, scheduling wireless network access for the data appliance per the network access instruction, wirelessly transferring a network access schedule to the data appliance, wirelessly receiving user data from the data appliance per the network access schedule, and transferring the user data for delivery to the distributed ledger over the data tunnel;
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• the distributed ledger receiving the user data over the data tunnel, reaching consensus on the user data, and storing the user data in a distributed ledger database.