Optimized onboarding of devices in a wireless network

A method for client optimized onboarding in a wireless network, the wireless network configured to communicatively interconnect a gateway device including a network controller, one or more wireless extenders, and one or more client devices, the method comprising:

• determining, using the network controller, a first received signal strength indicator (RSSI) of a new client device;
• receiving, using the network controller, a second RSSI of the new client device from each of the one or more wireless extenders;
• determining, using the network controller, a strongest RSSI among the determined first RSSI and the received second RSSI from each of the one or more wireless extenders;
• receiving, using the network controller, an onboarding request with respect to any one or the gateway device and the one or more wireless extenders;
• transmitting, using the network controller, a first command to proceed with an onboarding operation of the new client device to any one of the gateway device and the one or more wireless extenders having the strongest RSSI from the new client device;
• and
• transmitting a second command to the one or more wireless extenders not determined to have the strongest RSSI from the client device to prevent the onboarding operation of the new client device.

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium in a gateway device for client optimized onboarding in a wireless network, the wireless network configured to communicatively interconnect the gateway device, one or more wireless extenders, and one or more client devices, the non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing one or more programs which when executed by a network controller of the gateway device performs steps comprising:

• determining a first received signal strength indicator (RSSI) of a new client device;
• receiving a second RSSI of the new client device from each of the one or more wireless extenders;
• determining a strongest RSSI among the determined first RSSI and the received second RSSI from each of the one or more wireless extenders;
• receiving an onboarding request with respect to any one or the gateway device and the one or more wireless extenders;
• transmitting a first command to proceed with an onboarding operation of the new client device to any one of the gateway device and the one or more wireless extenders having the strongest RSSI from the new client device;
• and
• transmitting a second command to the one or more wireless extenders not determined to have the strongest RSSI from the client device to prevent the onboarding operation of the new client device.