Wi-Fi Easy Connect

Simple, secure connection of Wi-Fi® devices
Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Easy Connect™ reduces complexity and enhances the user experience of connecting devices to Wi-Fi® networks, while simultaneously incorporating the highest security standards. Configuring devices, including those without a rich user interface, is now as simple as scanning the product QR code or NFC tag to enable use on a Wi-Fi network.
Wi-Fi Easy Connect™ introduces standardized mechanisms to simplify the provisioning and configuration of Wi-Fi devices. Wi-Fi Easy Connect incorporates strong encryption through public key cryptography to ensure networks remain secure as new devices are added.
Wi-Fi Easy Connect technology raises the bar in providing secure network access with unprecedented ease of use.
- Provides a standardized, consistent method for onboarding devices
- Simplifies device configuration through use of QR codes or NFC tags and user-chosen configurator, such as a smartphone or tablet, to manage network access
- Works for any Wi-Fi Easy Connect device, including those with little or no user interface, such as smart home and IoT products
- Improves network management through reconfiguration and support for multiple configurators
- Uses public key cryptography for secure authentication
- Supports provisioning for WPA2™ and WPA3™ networks
- Enables enrollment of devices using public key identity where the identity of the device enrollment is conveyed via an out-of-band mechanism, such as NFC
- Enables the replacement of APs without the need to re-enroll all devices to the new AP
- Allows multiple devices to be configured prior to deployment on a Wi-Fi network using presence announcement
- Supports enterprise provisioning, making use of WPA3-Enterprise security
Improved user experience in managing Wi-Fi networks
With Wi-Fi Easy Connect, a network owner chooses one device as the central point of configuration. Usually this device is one with a rich user interface, such as a smartphone or tablet, but could be any device capable of scanning a quick response (QR) code or NFC tag and running the protocol developed by Wi-Fi Alliance. The chosen device is considered a configurator and all other devices are enrollees. The user establishes a secure connection to an enrollee device by scanning the device-specific QR code, NFC tag, or entering a human-readable string associated with that device. This prompts the protocol to run and automatically provisions the enrollee with the credentials needed to access the network.
Wi-Fi Easy Connect brings simplicity, consistency, and flexibility to Wi-Fi network management.
- Simple and intuitive to use; no lengthy instructions to follow for new device setup
- No need to remember and enter passwords into the device being provisioned
- Works with electronic or printed QR codes, NFC tags, or human-readable strings
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