Patent ID: 8151351

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a transceiver receiving a first packet transmitted from an access point via a network to the apparatus; and a processor (i) determining a source media access control address of the first packet and (ii) determining whether the source media access control address of the first packet corresponds to a source media access control address of the transceiver, wherein, in response to the source media access control address of the first packet corresponding to the source media access control address of the transceiver, the transceiver (i) generates a second packet, wherein the second packet comprises an encrypted portion and an unencrypted portion, wherein the unencrypted portion includes a field, wherein a packet type of the field is different than a packet type expected to be received by the access point, and (ii) alerts the access point of a security breach in the network by transmitting the second packet to the access point, wherein the access point is alerted of the security breach in the network based on the unencrypted portion and not based on the encrypted portion.