US 2006/0153122 A1 · Controlling wireless access to a network

Abstract

Various methods and apparatus are described in for a wireless access point. The wireless access point allows access to a wireless LAN that has two or more service set identifiers (SSIDs). At least one of the SSIDs is associated with a public wireless LAN. The wireless access point implements a segmentation policy that 1) provides unimpeded access to a Wide Area network through the public wireless LAN based on a first type of application or a first type of device detected by the wireless access point and 2) restricts access to the Wide Area network through the public wireless LAN by requiring an authorization check to access the Wide Area network based on detecting a second type of application.

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Dependent claims

A method, comprising:

establishing communication with a wireless device configured with a network identifier, the wireless device comprising a class of wireless device having a class of wireless application;
detecting at least one of the class of wireless device and the class of wireless application;
classifying the class of wireless device or the class of wireless application as a first class of wireless device or wireless application or a second class of wireless device or wireless application;
and
providing at least a first class of access to a network to the first class of wireless device or wireless application and a second class of network access to the second class of wireless device or wireless application.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Controlling wireless access to a network

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Controlling wireless access to a network

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Abstract

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