Patent ID: 9693296
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A network connection method, comprising: receiving, by a network connection apparatus of a terminal, an access point media access control (MAC) address broadcast by a wireless access point among one or more wireless access points; determining, by the network connection apparatus, whether the access point MAC address is within a predetermined address segment; and selecting, by the network connection apparatus, the wireless access point as the selected wireless access point in response to a corresponding access point MAC address being within the predetermined address segment; acquiring, by the network connection apparatus, terminal information of the terminal requesting network access via the selected wireless access point, the terminal information comprising a terminal identifier and a terminal MAC address of the terminal; and sending, by the network connection apparatus, the terminal information to the selected wireless access point for the selected wireless access point to forward the terminal information to a network provision server for storage of the terminal identifier and addition of the terminal MAC address into a network access white list of the selected wireless access point, wherein the selected wireless access point enables network access by the terminal in response to the terminal MAC address being in the network access white list, and the terminal identifier is associated with a user of the terminal and provides a tracking identity for the network provision server to track network access of the terminal and the user when connected to the selected wireless access point.