Patent ID: 9706487
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. An automatic configuration method for linking a wireless local area network (WLAN), applied to set a first wireless network device and comprising: searching for at least a second wireless network device providing a WLAN exists; determining whether a service identifier of the found second wireless network device includes a preset prefix; when no second wireless network device is found or when the at least one second wireless network device is found and has the service identifier not comprising the preset prefix, setting the first wireless network device in an access point (AP) mode; when the number of found second wireless network devices whose service identifier comprises the preset prefix is one, a connection between the first wireless network device and the second wireless network device whose service identifier comprises the preset prefix is established; when the number of found second wireless network devices whose service identifier corn rises the preset prefix is not one, determining whether the number of found second wireless network device whose service identifier includes the preset prefix having a dynamic value is one, wherein the dynamic value is related to the number of the at least one third wireless network device connected to the first wireless network device; receiving a first setting signal comprising a terminal service identifier; sending a second setting signal from the first wireless network device to at least one third wireless network device connecting to the first wireless network device; setting the first wireless network device in a client mode; replacing the service identifier of the first wireless network device by the terminal service identifier; and establishing the connection between the first wireless network device and a network terminal device having the terminal service identifier.