Patent ID: 8838963

Claim:
A system comprising: a first network comprising one or more devices and a first physical wireless access point device; and a second network comprising one or more devices and a second physical wireless access point device, the second physical wireless access point device comprising at least one individual radio transceiver enabled to maintain multiple wireless network associations; wherein the second physical wireless access point device is configured to: bridge the first and second networks using a radio link established using the at least one individual radio transceiver by: establishing a plurality of wireless network associations with the first physical wireless access point device using the radio link, each wireless network association uniquely corresponding to one of the second physical wireless access point device and the one or more devices on the second network; and establishing an encryption tunnel for each of the plurality of wireless network associations, wherein a first encryption tunnel between the second physical wireless access point device and the first physical wireless access point device uses a first network security protocol and a second encryption tunnel between the second physical wireless access point device and the first physical wireless access point device uses a second network security protocol that is different from the first network security protocol, wherein the plurality of network associations are established such that the first network is enabled to individually authenticate each of the second physical wireless access point device and the one or more devices on the second network, and wherein the first and second network security protocols are selected from the group consisting of a WPA protocol, an 80211i and a WEP protocol.