Patent ID: 7356011

Claim:
A method for providing simple configuration for communication between a plurality of wireless devices on a wireless network, the configuration including implementation of security for data communication and setting a logical network parameter for the plurality of wireless devices, comprising: receiving a configuration command at a first wireless device of the plurality of wireless devices; setting, in response to receiving the configuration command, the logical network parameter of the first wireless device to a predetermined configuration; receiving the configuration command at a second wireless device of the plurality of wireless devices; setting, in response to receiving the configuration command, the logical network parameter of the second wireless device to the predetermined configuration; selecting, at the first wireless device, a configuration logical network parameter; sending a configuration packet including the selected configuration logical network parameter from the first wireless device and an address of the second wireless device to the second wireless device; selecting, at the first wireless device, an encryption key for encrypting communication between the first and second wireless devices; sending an encryption packet including the selected encryption key and the address of the second wireless device from the first wireless device to the second wireless device; setting the logical network parameter of the first and second wireless devices to the configuration logical network parameter; and encrypting data sent between the first and second wireless devices with the selected encryption key, wherein the configuration packet comprises: an Internet Protocol (IP) header with a target IP address, the target IP address being broadcast; and a device addressing protocol (DAP) header with a target DAP address and a source DAP address, the target DAP address being broadcast and the source DAP address being a DAP address of the first wireless device.