Method for pairing with a gateway

A gateway configured to serve as a wireless access point to at least one first secure wireless local network and to a second secure wireless local network, the gateway interconnecting the second secure wireless local network and a wide-area network so that each communication device paired with the second secure wireless local network can access services offered via the wide-area network, a provisioning server being connected to the wide-area network, the gateway comprising circuitry configured for:

• detecting an attempt at first pairing of a communication device with one said first secure wireless local network, in which the communication device is identified and supplies first authentication data;
• checking that the first authentication data correspond to authentication data expected by the gateway vis-à-vis said first secure wireless local network;
• confirming, in the case of a positive check, the first pairing with said first secure wireless local network and transmitting to said communication device via said first secure wireless local network second authentication data as well as a network identifier of the second secure wireless local network;
• detecting an attempt at second pairing of the communication device with the second secure wireless local network, in which the communication device supplies other authentication data;
• checking that said other authentication data correspond to said second authentication data;
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• confirming, in the case of a positive check, the second pairing with the second secure wireless local network, so as to enable said communication device to access said services offered via the wide-area network,
• wherein the first secure wireless local network does not enable to access the services offered via the wide-area network, and for confirming the first pairing with said first secure wireless local network, the circuitry is further configured for:
• checking with the provisioning server that said communication device is associated with the same user as the gateway,
• and, for checking that said communication device is associated with the same user as the gateway and to check that the first authentication data correspond to the authentication data expected, the circuitry is further configured for receiving from the provisioning server a description including, for each communication device among a set of communication devices liable to pairing with the second secure wireless local network:
• a communication device identifier,
• a network identifier, and
• authentication data expected vis-à-vis the first secure wireless local network;
• and the circuitry is further configured for creating one said first secure wireless local network for each communication device among said set of communication devices liable to pairing with the second secure wireless local network, by allocating to said first secure wireless local network the network identifier of the description of the corresponding communication device.