WIRELESS ACCESS POINT WITH WILDCARD SSID RESPONSE ENABLING ASSOCIATION BY CLIENT DEVICE REQUESTING ANY SSID AND SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF

摘要

A wireless access point includes an antenna, a connection port providing wired communications with a network, one or more processors, and a storage device having software stored therein. When executed by the one or more processors the software causes the wireless access point to respond to a probe from a client device requesting a specific service set identifier according to a wildcard service set identifier response in order to facilitate wireless association of the client device with the wireless access point regardless of the specific service set identifier requested by the client device, and to provide the client device with wireless access to the network. In this way, the client device is enabled to associate with the wireless access point and receive access to the network without a specific service set identifier requested by the client device being preprogrammed into the wireless access point.

主权项

1. A system comprising:
a plurality of access points for enabling wireless access to a network; first ones of the access points configured to transmit and receive signals having a first polarization; and second ones of the access points configured to transmit and receive signals having a second polarization different from the first polarization; wherein the access points are configured with a wild card response to facilitate association of a client device for any service set identifier requested in transmissions from the client device; whereby the client device is caused to associate with one of the access points and gain access to the network without a specific service set identifier requested by the client device being preprogrammed into the access points before the specific service set identifier is requested by the client device.