Simplified configuration of a network device

An apparatus comprising:

• an interface configured to be used to identify one or more networks that are available for a client device to use;
• a configuration processor operable to:
• determine whether the client device has configuration information associated with a customer premise equipment device;
• and
• determine whether a configuration network is available for the client device to use to retrieve configuration information associated with the customer premise equipment device, wherein the configuration network comprises an unencrypted network that is designated for providing configuration services;
• a network interface configured to be used to retrieve configuration information associated with the customer premise equipment device over the unencrypted configuration network;
• and
• a pairing processor configured to pair the client device with an encrypted network associated with the customer premise equipment device using the retrieved configuration information.

One or more non-transitory computer readable media having instructions operable to cause one or more processors to perform the operations comprising:

• determining whether a client device has configuration information associated with a first customer premise equipment device;
• when the client device does not have configuration information associated with the first customer premise equipment device, determining whether a configuration network is available for the client device to use to retrieve configuration information associated with the first customer premise equipment device, wherein the configuration network comprises an unencrypted network that is designated for providing configuration services;
• and
• if a configuration network is available for the client device to use to retrieve configuration information associated with the first customer premise equipment device:
• retrieving configuration information associated with the first customer premise equipment device over the unencrypted configuration network;
• and
• pairing the client device with an encrypted network associated with the first customer premise equipment device using the retrieved configuration information associated with the first customer premise equipment device.