Patent ID: 7565418

Claim:
A computer-readable medium containing computer-implementable instructions for configuring a network device by a processor in an electronic environment by performing steps comprising: gathering network configuration information at a computing device; displaying network-device-installation instructions configuring the network device by sending the gathered network configuration information from the computing device to the network device; and upon determining that the network device, which is a router, is providing a valid Internet connection, comparing a model number, which is part of an authentication realm returned from the router, with a model number specified in an XML file, which is associated with a predetermined router, to determine whether the model number of the router, which is providing the valid Internet connection, is substantially the same as the model number of the predetermined router; and upon determining that the model number of the router, which is providing the valid Internet connection, is substantially the same as the model number of the predetermined router, acknowledging that the router, which is providing the valid Internet connection, has been configured correctly by the computing device.