Patent ID: 7817042

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: a wireless transceiver; a memory configured with a factory default setting; and control logic operable to control the operation of the wireless transceiver; wherein the control logic is configured to operate the wireless transceiver in a first mode wherein the apparatus communicates bi-directionally while associated with a network to receive data representative of operating parameters, including an administrative security credential, a blink rate interval and at least one operating channel, the operating parameters being for configuring the wireless transceiver for operation in a second mode; wherein the control logic is responsive to receiving the administration security credential to determine whether the factory default setting is stored in the memory and to selectively store the administration security credential in the memory exclusively when the factory default setting is stored in the memory; and wherein the control logic is configured to operate the wireless transceiver in the second mode wherein the wireless transceiver communicates uni-directionally using the administrative security credential to send announce packets to a predefined multicast address while not associated to the network.