Abstract: Methods and systems of notifying a service provider regarding Wi-Fi gateway issues are shown and disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes detecting, via a Wi-Fi gateway, an issue related to the Wi-Fi gateway, and embedding, via the Wi-Fi gateway, information related to the detected issue in an IEEE 802.11 management frame. The method additionally includes broadcasting, via the Wi-Fi gateway, the IEEE 802.11 management frame with the embedded information, and receiving, via an application running on a Wi-Fi device, the IEEE 802.11 management frame with the embedded information. The method further includes transmitting, via the application running on the Wi-Fi device, the embedded information to the service provider.

Abstract: A Wi-Fi access point device is provided for use with a Wi-Fi communication device that is operable to transmit a login signal and to transmit a reconfiguration signal. The Wi-Fi access point device includes a memory having onboarding configuration information stored therein, an initialization component to generate an initialization signal, an onboarding component to generate an onboarding signal based on the onboarding configuration information; a Wi-Fi communication component to transmit the onboarding signal, based on the initialization signal, by way of a beacon management frame, to receive the login signal and to receive the reconfiguration signal; and a Wi-Fi network creating component to create a Wi-Fi network based on the login signal and to modify the Wi-Fi network.