Patent ID: 7958211

Claim:
A computer, comprising: a processor executing logic comprising: prompting, on a display controlled by the processor, a user to establish a wired communication path with a wireless router; giving the user a choice of automatic configuration of the computer for wireless communication with the router at least in part by presenting a user interface on the computer including a first selector element indicating a manual configuration procedure and a second selector element indicating an automatic configuration procedure, wherein in response to the first selector element being selected the computer executes the manual configuration procedure including presenting to the user at least a default network name, the processor in response to receiving user input representing a new network name replacing the default network name with the new network name as part of the manual configuration procedure, wherein in response to the second selector element being selected the computer executes the automatic configuration procedure in which the computer automatically establishes a user profile for the computer, the user profile including a network name automatically retrieved by the processor from the router over the wired communication path, wherein if the user selects automatic configuration, the user profile for the computer is established at least in part by using the wired communication path to automatically ascertain a passcode of the router and establish the passcode as the passcode of the computer.