METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONNECTING TO A WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK

A method for connecting a first device (10) to a wireless local area network by transferring any required network related data by encoding said network data as light signals and by emitting said light signals from a second device (12). The method also includes receiving said light signals in a light sensitive means (20) of said first device, decoding said light signals to retrieve said network related data, and transmitting said network related data from said first device (10) for connecting to the wireless local area network. The first device (10) also comprises a decoder (21) decoding perceived light signals to extract said network related data, and a network interface controller (26) operatively connected to said decoder (21) and arranged to connect to a wireless local area network by transmitting said network related data. The second device (12) comprises a memory (13) storing network related data required for connection to said wireless local area network, an encoder (34) encoding said network related data into light signals and light emitting means (14) emitting said light signals to said light sensitive means.