摘要 |
The present invention pertains to a wireless local area network (WLAN) access apparatus and a WLAN access method, and more particularly, to a WLAN access apparatus for determining approval/denial of an access to a mobile communication terminal when access to a WLAN is requested through the WLAN access apparatus and an operating method thereof. Embodiments of the present invention include: a WLAN access apparatus, which has a unique identification (ID), for connecting a wireless network with a mobile communication terminal according to a wireless data exchange protocol; a social network service (SNS) server for providing an SNS; and an authentication server for determining a WLAN access approval according to whether a user of the mobile communication terminal successfully logs into the SNS server when the mobile communication terminal requests for access to a WLAN through the WLAN access apparatus. |