摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To configure a wireless station for encrypted communication in a wireless network without troubling a user. <P>SOLUTION: An access point (22) according to the present invention comprises a wireless transceiver (34, 48) and host logic (30) coupled to the wireless transceiver (34, 48) and adapted to provide access by a wireless station (24) to a wired network (23). Through the wireless transceiver (34, 48), the host logic (30) wirelessly provides a symmetric encryption key to the wireless station (24) using asymmetric encryption. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI |