Granting guest devices access to a network using out-of-band authorization

An apparatus comprising a computing device, a computer processor, and a computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor, the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions that, when executed by the computer processor, cause the apparatus to carry out the steps of:

• receiving, over an out-of-band network, a password for an in-band network from a guest device, wherein the password is generated on the guest device;
• storing the password received over the out-of-band network as an authorized password for the in-band network;
• receiving, from the guest device using an in-band protocol, a request to join the in-band network, wherein the request to join the in-band network comprises the password previously received from the guest device over the out-of-band network;
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• granting the guest device access to the in-band network based on a determination that the password received in the request to join the in-band network matches the password previously received from the guest device over the out-of-band network.

A computer program product including a computer readable medium, the computer program product comprising computer program instructions that, when executed, cause a computer to carry out the steps of:

• receiving, over an out-of-band network, a password for an in-band network from a guest device, wherein the password is generated on the guest device;
• storing the password received over the out-of-band network as an authorized password for the in-band network;
• receiving, from the guest device using an in-band protocol, a request to join the in-band network, wherein the request to join the in-band network comprises the password previously received from the guest device over the out-of-band network;
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• granting the guest device access to the in-band network based on a determination that the password received in the request to join the in-band network matches the password previously received from the guest device over the out-of-band network.