Apparatus and method for managing stations associated with WPA-PSK wireless network

摘要

Provided are a method and apparatus for managing a station by providing an encrypted key to the station in a wireless network under a Wi-Fi Protected Pre-Shared Key (WPA-PSK) environment. In the method, a registrar determines whether a new station is a guest station, based on user input. If the new station is a guest station, the registrar includes a session key (and not a shared key) into an M 8 message according to a Wi-Fi Alliance (WFA) Simple Config protocol and transmits the M 8 message to the station. Accordingly, it is possible to permit a guest station to temporarily access the network without a user's management of information regarding the guest station.