Patent ID: 8260902

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving, with a first network device from a client device, a network configuration request in accordance with a network configuration protocol, wherein the network configuration request comprises a request for a first set of network configuration parameters for configuring the client device; transmitting, with the first network device to a second network device, an authentication request configured in accordance with a network authentication protocol, wherein the authentication request includes a request for a second set of network configuration parameters and a set of authentication attributes, and wherein the requested second set of network configuration parameters includes at least a portion of the requested first set of network configuration parameters; receiving, with the first network device from the second network device, an authentication response generated by the second network device in accordance with the network authentication protocol, wherein the authentication response includes the requested second set of network configuration parameters, and wherein the second set of network configuration parameters is based on the 1) set of authentication attributes and 2) the request for the second set of network configuration parameters; and transmitting, with the first network device to the client device, a network configuration response configured in accordance with the network configuration, wherein the network configuration response comprises a third set of network configuration parameters determined based on the second set of network configuration parameters included in the authentication response.