Wireless switch with integrated universal serial bus interface

摘要

A wireless switch for a wireless local area network (WLAN) as disclosed herein includes an integrated universal serial bus (USB) interface that enables communication with USB compliant devices. A USB device can be utilized by the wireless switch and/or by other network components that are coupled to the wireless switch via the WLAN. In one practical embodiment, the USB device is a USB memory storage device that is configured to store boot code for the wireless switch, client device data, supplemental (update) code for the wireless switch, and/or log data for the wireless switch.