Patent ID: 9572034
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method for securing wireless networks, at least a portion of the method being performed by a physical wireless access point comprising at least one physical processor, the method comprising: receiving, at the physical wireless access point, a request to improve the security of a wireless network that comprises at least one client device and that is serviced by an active virtual wireless access point running on the physical wireless access point, wherein: the physical wireless access point executes one or more virtual wireless access points that share physical resources of the physical wireless access point; and the active virtual wireless access point identifies the wireless network using a service set identifier and secures the wireless network using a passcode; and improving, in response to receiving the request, the security of the wireless network by: configuring, at the physical wireless access point, a substitute virtual wireless access point to service the wireless network, wherein configuring the substitute virtual wireless access point to service the wireless network comprises at least one of: configuring the substitute virtual wireless access point to identify the wireless network using a substitute service set identifier; and configuring the substitute virtual wireless access point to secure the wireless network using a substitute passcode; transmitting a notification to the client device that instructs the client device to connect to the wireless network via the substitute virtual wireless access point, wherein the notification comprises at least one of: the substitute service set identifier; the substitute passcode; connecting, at the physical wireless access point, the client device to the wireless network via the substitute virtual wireless access point; and disabling the active virtual wireless access point.