Patent ID: 8769282

Claim:
A method of management for an access point computing device key by a network administrator, the access point computing device key comprising a first portion and a second portion and being associated with an access point computing device of a first communications network including a host computing device or a second communications network, the method comprising the steps of: reading the access point computing device key by the host computing device; determining whether the access point computing device key is initialized; in response to determining that the access point computing device key is initialized, determining whether the access point computing device key is associated with the first communications network or the second communications network; and in response to determining that the access point computing device key is associated with the first communications network, displaying parameters of the first portion of the access point computing device key while maintaining as secret the second portion of the access point computing device key and never allowing the network administrator to view or modify the second portion, the second portion comprising information indicative of one or more cryptographic keys.