Patent ID: 8537716

Claim:
A method for synchronizing access points in a wireless network, comprising: discovering, by a managing device, a plurality of access points in a wireless network; selecting, by the managing device, an access point from the plurality of discovered access points to be a selected access point; determining, by the managing device, a service set identifier of the selected access point in the wireless network, the service set identifier identifying a name of a wireless connection, the selected access point having a first plurality of service parameters, wherein the first plurality of service parameters comprises a plurality of parameters, wherein at least one parameter is selected from the group consisting of: an authentication parameter, an encryption parameter, and a network routing parameter; determining, by the managing device, a virtual local area network (VLAN) corresponding to the determined service set identifier of the selected access point, the VLAN located in an extended service set, the extended service set comprising a plurality of basic service sets; identifying, by the managing device, one or more access points other than the selected access point located in the determined VLAN, the one or more identified access points in the determined VLAN each having a respective second plurality of service parameters; configuring, by the managing device, each second plurality of service parameters of the one or more access points other than the selected access point to match the first plurality of service parameters of the selected access point; and providing seamless roaming of an endpoint device using the matched first plurality of service parameters.