Amazon.com, Inc.
Configuring devices to connect to a network

Abstract:

A technology is described for connecting an unconfigured device to a wireless network using network credentials obtained via a configurator device. An example of the technology may include activating a configurator service on a device to allow the device to act as a configurator device and provide network credentials of a wireless network to unconfigured devices. The configurator device may receive a connection request from an unconfigured device to obtain the network credentials to enable the unconfigured device to connect to the wireless network. The configurator device may determine that the unconfigured device is authorized to connect to the wireless network, obtain the network credentials from a credential provisioning service, and send the network credentials to the unconfigured device to enable the unconfigured device to connect to the wireless network.