Patent ID: 9356908
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions which, when executed by one or more hardware processors, causes performance of operations comprising: terminating, by a network device, a connection between a wireless network supported by the network device and a client device, wherein terminating the connection comprises determining, by the network device, whether multiple client devices, including the client device, have a same (Internet Protocol) IP address, and in response to determining the multiple client devices have the same IP address, terminating the connection and transmitting instructions to the client device to renew an IP address used by the client device; rejecting one or more requests to establish the connection between the wireless network and the client device based at least on the one or more requests being received from the client device during a first period of time subsequent to the terminating operation; accepting a particular request to establish the connection between the wireless network and the client device based at least on the particular request being received from the client device after the first period of time, subsequent to the terminating operation, has elapsed.