CPC H04W 12/08 (2013.01) [H04L 61/10 (2013.01); H04L 61/4511 (2022.05); H04L 63/101 (2013.01); H04W 8/18 (2013.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.02); H04W 84/042 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method comprising:
obtaining at an access point for a private network, a connection request from a wireless device, the connection request including a standardized identifier;
detecting a predetermined value for the standardized identifier that indicates the wireless device is unprovisioned for access to the private network, the predetermined value codified in an industry standard for the standardized identifier to signal limited access to the private network for a plurality of unprovisioned wireless devices;
disabling an authentication protocol for granting access to the wireless device on the private network;
providing the wireless device access only to a provisioning server through the private network; and
providing a connection response to the wireless device, the connection response indicating that the wireless device is provided access to the private network only for communicating with the provisioning server.
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