A method of a wireless router, comprising: accessing, by the wireless router, default credentials, wherein the default credentials include a birth certificate; checking, by the wireless router, access to a backhaul link to an upstream network; authenticating, by the wireless router, using the default credentials; procuring, by the wireless router, from a Certtificate Authority, CA, server connected to the backhaul link, a customer certificate of a customer comprising the wireless router procuring digital certificates issued by the customer for a certificate validity time using a standard protocol;authenticating, by the wireless router, with an authentication server connected to the backhaul link using the customer certificate; and procuring, by the wireless router, from a management server connected to the backhaul link, a customer specific wireless mesh configuration after being authenticated by the authentication server; characterized in that after the step of procuring the customer certificate, the method comprises the step of replacing, by the wireless router, the birth certificate with the customer certificate; in that the step of procuring the mesh configureation comprises the steps of connecting the wireless router to the management server using the customer certificate, and once authenticated, the management server downloading the customer specific wireless mesh configuration to allow the wireless router to operate within the wireless mesh network, wherein the customer specific wireless mesh configuration comprises at least a meshID, a radio channel number, and IP addresses of the wireless router, in that the method comprises the steps of rebooting, by the wireless router, using the customer specific wireless mesh configuration, thereby allowing the wireless router to operate within a wireless mesh network, wherein the rebooting is triggered upon obtaining the customer specific wireless mesh configuration; and broadcasting, by the wireless router, service set identifiers, SSIDs, derived from the default credentials. accessing, by the wireless router, default credentials, wherein the default credentials include a birth certificate; checking, by the wireless router, access to a backhaul link to an upstream network; authenticating, by the wireless router, using the default credentials; procuring, by the wireless router, from a Certtificate Authority, CA, server connected to the backhaul link, a customer certificate of a customer comprising the wireless router procuring digital certificates issued by the customer for a certificate validity time using a standard protocol;authenticating, by the wireless router, with an authentication server connected to the backhaul link using the customer certificate; and procuring, by the wireless router, from a management server connected to the backhaul link, a customer specific wireless mesh configuration after being authenticated by the authentication server; characterized in that after the step of procuring the customer certificate, the method comprises the step of replacing, by the wireless router, the birth certificate with the customer certificate; in that the step of procuring the mesh configureation comprises the steps of connecting the wireless router to the management server using the customer certificate, and once authenticated, the management server downloading the customer specific wireless mesh configuration to allow the wireless router to operate within the wireless mesh network, wherein the customer specific wireless mesh configuration comprises at least a meshID, a radio channel number, and IP addresses of the wireless router, in that the method comprises the steps of rebooting, by the wireless router, using the customer specific wireless mesh configuration, thereby allowing the wireless router to operate within a wireless mesh network, wherein the rebooting is triggered upon obtaining the customer specific wireless mesh configuration; and broadcasting, by the wireless router, service set identifiers, SSIDs, derived from the default credentials. rebooting, by the wireless router, using the customer specific wireless mesh configuration, thereby allowing the wireless router to operate within a wireless mesh network, wherein the rebooting is triggered upon obtaining the customer specific wireless mesh configuration; and broadcasting, by the wireless router, service set identifiers, SSIDs, derived from the default credentials.