Patent ID: 7633909

Claim:
A wireless local area network (WLAN) access point comprising: a wireless communication interface for wirelessly communicating with terminals over an air interface; at least one network interface for coupling with at least one communications network, wherein, after the access point is coupled via the at least one network interface with the at least one communications network, a plurality of connections extend from the access point over the at least one communications network, each connection extending to a respective remote endpoint; connection-selection logic applicable by the access point to detect a wireless-network identifier that the access point receives from a given terminal via the wireless communication interface and, based on the wireless-network identifier, to select one of the connections over which to send at least one communication from the given terminal; and traffic-filtering logic applicable by the access point (a) to determine whether the at least one communication from the given terminal is a particular type, (b) to allow transmission of the at least one communication over the selected connection if the at least one communication is the particular type and (c) to prevent transmission of the at least one communication over the connection if the at least one communication is not the particular type.