Configuring a wireless router

摘要

A method for configuring a wireless router includes electronically reading information that is unique to the wireless router. A code is automatically generated from the information. The generated code is automatically set as one or more of a network name and a device password for the wireless router.

主权项

1. A method for configuring a wireless router, comprising:
electronically reading information that is unique to a wireless router; electronically reading a predetermined alpha-numeric static data string that is common to both the wireless router and at least one other wireless router of a same manufacturer, wherein the predetermined alpha-numeric static data string is determined before the wireless router is placed into service; automatically generating a code from the information and the predetermined alpha-numeric static data string; automatically setting the automatically generated code as a network name for the wireless router, wherein the network name differentiates a wireless network of the wireless router from a wireless network of another wireless router; marking the wireless router with a physical representation of the code; wherein reading, generating, and setting are performed by the wireless router, and wherein the automatically generating a code from the information comprises one of:
combining at least a portion of the information with the predetermined alpha-numeric static data string to generate the code; orapplying an algorithm to the information to generate a unique data string and combining the unique data string with the predetermined alpha-numeric static data string to generate the code.