Patent ID: 8542665

Claim:
A method for configuring a network device for a network, comprising: receiving at an administrator TV from a remote commander (RC) a device identification (ID) unique to the network device; sending the device ID from the administrator TV to an access point in the network on a main channel having a main service set identifier (SSID); wherein responsive to receiving the device ID on the main channel, the access point establishes a temporary SSID of a subchannel to be equal to the device ID; making the temporary SSID available to scans of the subchannel by the network device; establishing a communication between the access point and the network device using the temporary SSID; sending, by the access point, the main SSID to the network device over the subchannel; and subsequently using the main SSID to communicate with the network device over the main channel in lieu of the temporary SSID.