Patent ID: 8763075
Filing Date: 2014-06-24
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for granting a computing device access to a network, the system comprising a plurality of substantially similar access devices, wherein each access device comprises: a physical network port configured to provide an untrusted logical network port and a trusted logical network port; a wireless network port; a status-determination module to determine an access status based at least in part on whether the computing device is compliant with an access policy, the status-determination module responsive to an access request received from the computing device via the untrusted logical network port of the physical network port to which the computing device is connected; and an access-grant module configured for receiving an access status corresponding to the computing device from one or more of the access devices, and granting the computing device access to the network via the trusted logical network port of the physical network port according to at least one of the access status determined by the status-determination module or the received access status.