Automatic wireless network device configuration

An apparatus for configuring a wireless client device to connect to a secured wireless network, comprising:

• a transmitter for transmitting a request signal to an access point for network connectivity settings associated with the secured wireless network in response to detecting at least one user input and for transmitting the network connectivity settings to the wireless client device in response to detecting the at least one user input, the wireless client device being unconnected to and remote from the access point upon receiving the network connectivity settings;
• a receiver for receiving the network connectivity settings from the access point;
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• a processor, in communication with the transmitter and the receiver, for executing instructions to format the request signal prior to transmission to the access point, transmit the request signal to the access point, and transmit the network connectivity settings to the wireless client device.

A machine-readable medium having executable instructions, which, when executed on a wireless configuration device, will cause the wireless configuration device to perform a method for configuring a wireless client device to connect to a secured wireless network, the method comprising:

• detecting at least one user input on the wireless configuration device;
• in response to detecting the at least one user input, transmitting a request signal from the wireless configuration device to an access point for network connectivity settings associated with the secured wireless network;
• receiving the network connectivity settings from the access point on the wireless configuration device;
• storing the received network connectivity settings on the wireless configuration device;
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• in response to detecting the at least one user input, transmitting the network connectivity settings from the wireless configuration device to the wireless client device, the wireless client device being unconnected to and remote from the access point upon receiving the network connectivity settings.