Patent ID: 7860485

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a wireless local area network association device enabling association of a new station to a wireless local area network, noted WLAN, via an access point provided through a central apparatus of said WLAN; receiving means for receiving signals from said station at said central apparatus, sending means for sending signals from said central apparatus to said station, securing means for automatically providing said central apparatus with at central secret key, a station secret key corresponding to said central secret key being available to said station. and recording means for recording said station as being part of said WLAN, under wireless exchanges between said station and said central apparatus initiated by an association request sent by said station and secured by an authentication process using said central and station secret keys, wherein said recording means are configured to confirm the recording of said station has been performed, after a secure communication has been established, and authorizing download of network security parameters to said station only when a user thereafter executes a confirmation physical action on said central apparatus.