Captcha on wireless access point and human and machine user computing device classification

A wireless access point (WAP) comprising:

• a network communication interface, for communication over a wide area network (WAN) via a network gateway;
• a wireless local area network (LAN) communication interface, for communication over a primary wireless local area network (LAN) with a plurality of computing devices;
• a processor, coupled to the network communication interface and the wireless LAN communication interface;
• a memory, accessible to the processor;
• and
• a completely automated public Turing test to tell computers and humans apart (CAPTCHA)-based programming module, stored in the memory, wherein execution of the CAPTCHA-based programming module by the processor configures the WAP to:
• receive, via the wireless LAN communication interface, a first primary wireless LAN connection request to communicate over the primary wireless LAN from a first computing device;
• in response to receiving the first primary wireless LAN connection request:
• establish a first temporary wireless LAN associated with a first temporary service set identifier (SSID) for connection with the first computing device;
• store, in the memory, a first computing device identifier of the first computing device in association with the first temporary SSID;
• communicate, via the wireless LAN communication interface, to the first computing device, a first CAPTCHA challenge-response test requesting connection to the first temporary wireless LAN associated with the first temporary SSID;
• await, for a timeout period, a first temporary wireless LAN connection request by the first computing device to communicate over the first temporary wireless LAN;
• in response to receiving the first temporary wireless LAN connection request from the first computing device within the timeout period, generate a classification of the first computing device as having a human user;
• based on the classification of the first computing device as having a human user, grant the first primary wireless LAN connection request to the first computing device to communicate over the primary wireless LAN;
• and
• apply network policies to communications of the first computing device over the primary wireless LAN based on the classification of the first computing device as having a human user.