Patent ID: 8332495

Claim:
A system comprising: a router to establish a local area network (LAN); a first device coupled to the LAN via the router, wherein the first device includes: a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory including instructions executable by the processor to: install security software; receive a command to secure the LAN with the security software; initiate a scan of the LAN in response to the command, wherein the scan gathers information about one or more devices, wherein each device is coupled to the LAN and includes the security software installed to the device; select an executor device from the one or more devices based on the information, the executor to configure the router; notify the one or more devices of an identity of the executor device; configure a security level of the router when the first device is the executor device; receive a message from the executor device after the executor device configures the security level of the router, wherein the message is sent to each of the one or more devices to enable the one or more devices to couple to the LAN via the router, and wherein the message includes security information; and configure the first device to connect to the LAN using the security information.