Service set steering based upon device identifier

An access device comprising:

• one or more interfaces configured to be used to receive a communication from a client device;
• and
• one or more modules configured to:
• retrieve from the communication, an identifier associated with the client device;
• compare the identifier associated with the client device to one or more private client device identifiers, wherein the one or more private client device identifiers comprise identifiers associated with one or more client devices that are associated with one or more other access devices as private client devices;
• and
• if the identifier associated with the client device matches a private client device identifier of the one or more private client device identifiers, preclude the client device from associating with a public service set offered by the access device.

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

• receiving, at a first access device, a communication from a client device;
• retrieving from the communication, an identifier associated with the client device;
• comparing the identifier associated with the client device to one or more private client device identifiers, wherein the one or more private client device identifiers comprise identifiers associated with one or more client devices that are associated with one or more other access devices as private client devices;
• and
• if the identifier associated with the client device matches a private client device identifier of the one or more private client device identifiers, precluding the client device from associating with a public service set offered by the first access device.