Seamless Wi-Fi subscription remediation

An apparatus, comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one memory including computer program instructions, where the at least one memory and the computer program instructions are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to at least:
• after making an access request to a wi-fi network, perform, with a user device the apparatus, to an access point of the wi-fi network an authentication operation with the wi-fi network using credentials existing in the user device apparatus;
• based on the authentication operation, authenticating with a four way handshake to the wi-fi network, wherein the authenticating with the four way handshake is successful even though a subscription remediation is required by the user device apparatus;
• and wherein based on the required remediation a connectivity of the user device apparatus is limited to a subscription remediation server;
• based on the required remediation, automatically retrieve a uniform resource indicator of a subscription remediation server from a pre-stored management object and generate a message to the uniform resource indicator of the subscription remediation server;
• in response to the message, receiving from the subscription remediation server at least one device management package;
• and
• in response to the receiving, execute at the user device apparatus the at least one device management package, wherein the executed at least one device management package causes, without user intervention, at least one of automatic creation of a new client certificate and automatic replacement of a password with a new value of the password at the user device apparatus in order to address the required subscription remediation.

A method comprising:

• receiving, by a network access node of a wi-fi network, an access request from a user device in the wi-fi network;
• based on the access request performing, by the network access node, an authentication operation with the user device using credentials existing in the user device;
• based on the authentication operation, authenticating, by the network access node, the user device and determining that a subscription remediation is required by the user device;
• and wherein based on the required remediation a connectivity of the user device is limited to a subscription remediation server;
• and
• sending, by the network access node, an access-accept message with a success indication and an indication that access by the user device is limited to only the subscription remediation server, wherein the access-accept message comprises a uniform resource indicator of a subscription remediation server from a pre-stored management object, and wherein the access request message causes the user device to generate a message to the uniform resource indicator of the subscription remediation server to cause at least one device management package to be provided by the subscription remediation server to cause, without user intervention, at least one of automatic creation of a new client certificate and automatic replacement of a password with a new value of the password at the user device in order to address the required subscription remediation.

An apparatus, comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one memory including computer program instructions, where the at least one memory and the computer program instructions are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to at least:
• receive, by the apparatus, an access request from a user device in a wi-fi network;
• based on the access request, perform, by the apparatus, a authentication operation with the user device using credentials existing in the user device;
• based on the authentication operation, authenticate, by the apparatus, the user device and determine that a subscription remediation is required by the user device;
• and wherein based on the required remediation a connectivity of the user device is limited to a subscription remediation server;
• and
• send, by the apparatus, an access-accept message with a success indication and an indication that access by the user device is limited to only the subscription remediation server, wherein the access-accept message comprises a uniform resource indicator of a subscription remediation server from a pre-stored management object, and wherein the access request message causes the user device to generate a message to the uniform resource indicator of the subscription remediation server to cause at least one device management package to be provided by the subscription remediation server to cause, without user intervention, at least one of automatic creation of a new client certificate and automatic replacement of a password with a new value of the password at the user device in order to address the required subscription remediation.