Patent ID: 9608859
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A non-transitory computer readable medium stored on one or more network devices comprising instructions which, when executed by one or more hardware processors, cause the one or more hardware processors to: store, on a first network device, a plurality of Basic Service Set Identifications (BSSIDs) including: determine that the second network device is not responsive; based on the determination that the second network device is not responsive, activate a tunnel from the client device to the first network device and configure the first network device to provide the network access to the client device via the tunnel using the second BSSID that was previously used by the second network device without the client device disassociating from the second BSS; and based on a determination that the second network device has resumed being responsive, configure the first network device to stop providing network access to the client device based on a capacity factor being reached by the first network device and configure the second network device to provide network access to the client device without the client device disassociating from the second BSS.