Patent ID: 11930359
Assignee: MCAFEE, LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A gateway apparatus, comprising:
a hardware platform comprising a processor and a memory;
a wireless network interface; and
instructions encoded within the memory to instruct the processor to:
provide a first virtual access point (VAP) secured by an IEEE 802.1x extensible authentication protocol (EAP) enterprise security method;
provide a second VAP, separate from the first VAP, and secured by a WiFi protected access pre-shared key (WPA-PSK) method;
onboard a first device, comprising determining that the first device supports the EAP method, and requiring the first device to enroll to the first VAP with the EAP method;
onboard a second device, comprising determining that the second device does not support the EAP method, and requiring the second device to enroll to the second VAP with the WPA-PSK method; and
provide separate subnetworks for the first VAP and second VAP.