Patent ID: 8474023

Claim:
A method, performed by one or more devices, the method comprising: publishing, by the one or more devices and in a memory storing credentials associated with a plurality of stations that access a network, at least a portion of a first credential as a global credential, the first credential being used by a plurality of access nodes in connecting a particular station, of the plurality of stations, to the network; publishing, by the one or more devices, at least a portion of a second credential as the global credential, the second credential being used by the plurality of access nodes in connecting the particular station to the network, the second credential being different than the first credential; receiving, at the one or more devices, a request from the particular station to re-connect to the network using the first credential; and automatically overwriting, by the one or more devices and based on receiving the request to re-connect to the network using the first credential, the second credential with the first credential, the first credential being used by the plurality of access nodes in connecting the particular station to the network.