Patent ID: 8032117

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving an access request compatible with the remote authentication dial-in user service (RADIUS) protocol, the access request a conversion of an access request compatible with the extensible authentication protocol (EAP), from a client device that lacks wireless access configuration settings to connect to a wireless network, wherein the access request is received over a wired connection from an agent on the client device that sends the request prior to a completion of a boot process of the client device; dynamically creating a service set identifier (SSID) unique to the client device; assigning the dynamically created unique SSID to the client device in response to the request; and transmitting the SSID assignment to the client device in response to the request to provide wireless configuration settings to the client device to enable the client device to configure a wireless interface of the client device and access the wireless network through a wireless access point of the wireless network.