METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTABLISHING INTERNET ACCESS BY USING A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL IN A LOCAL COMPUTER NETWORK FROM A MOBILE CLIENT STATION

摘要

This method of establishing Internet access by using a WLAN protocol from a mobile client station, by way of an access point to be chosen from a set of identified access points, comprises the following steps: providing (100) a general database (14) of the access points identified with connection information; requesting (104) Internet access by using said protocol by carrying out in succession phases of scanning (106), selection (108), association (110), authentication (112) and configuration (114); establishing (124) Internet access from the mobile client station by way of the selected access point. Prior to and independently of the step (104) of requesting Internet access, information regarding connection of at least part of the access points of the general database (14) is downloaded (102) into an on-board database (24) of the mobile client station. Moreover, the scanning (106) and selection (108) phases are carried out on the basis of the downloaded connection information, without invoking the general database (14) and the access points identified.