Hotspot configuration method, access method and device in wireless local area network

An access method in a wireless local access network, WLAN, comprising:

• configuring a first hotspot with an unencrypted attribute and a second hotspot with an encrypted attribute, and a switching policy between the first hotspot and the second hotspot, wherein the first hotspot and the second hotspot are configured in one wireless access point;
• the method further comprising:
• receiving, by a wireless access point, a wireless fidelity Protected Setup, WPS, request message sent by a terminal through a first link;
• transferring the WPS request message from the first link corresponding to the first hotspot to a second link corresponding to the second hotspot according to the switching policy between the first hotspot and the second hotspot, and establishing a WPS session negotiation procedure with the terminal through the second link;
• wherein, the first link is a link established between the terminal and the first hotspot, and the second link is a link established between the terminal and the second hotspot.

A wireless access point, AP, comprising:

• a first configuration module and a second configuration module;
• wherein,
• the first configuration module is arranged to configure a first hotspot with an unencrypted attribute and a second hotspot with an encrypted attribute, wherein the first hotspot and the second hotspot are configured in one wireless access point;
• the second configuration module is arranged to configure a switching policy between the first hotspot and the second hotspot, wherein the switching policy is used for switching a communication between a terminal and the first hotspot to a communication between the terminal and the second hotspot.