Patent ID: 8478987

Claim:
A method of activating a wireless IP device comprises: providing access to an installer to a customer's personal router or modem/router combination; providing access to the installer to a wireless Access Point which is supplied by the installer wherein the Access Point has a first slot for a default SSID2 password for a first wireless IP device and a second slot for an SSID1 password for a second wireless IP device; and connecting a first wireless IP device while in its initial or default state to the first slot; wherein the first device and the wireless Access Point have a common default SSID2 code and factory preprogrammed public key; wherein as soon as the device is powered up the IP device immediately begins communicating through the wireless access point and the customer's router or modem/router to the internet, checking into a control server, wherein the first wireless IP device is a NAPCO device that is an IP security device; wherein the second wireless device is a PUBLIC device that is un-secured IP device accessible by a community; wherein a PUBLIC device while in its initial or default state is connected to the second slot; wherein the Public device and the wireless Access Point have a common default SSID1 code and factory preprogrammed public key; wherein as soon as the device is powered up the IP device immediately begins communicating through the wireless access point and the customer's router or modem/router to the internet, checking into a control server; wherein when the user accesses the device on the web page from an internet browser the server realizes that the system is operating with a default SSID code and notifies the user that the system is using a public key and is not secure.