US 12,170,665 B2
Client identification method and apparatus, and storage medium and network device
Xiana Lin, Hong Kong (CN)
Assigned to TP-LINK CORPORATION LIMITED, Hong Kong (CN)
Filed by TP-LINK CORPORATION LIMITED, Hong Kong (CN)
Filed on Jan. 13, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/412,492.
Prior Publication US 2024/0154963 A1, May 9, 2024
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 61/4511 (2022.01); H04L 61/5014 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 63/0876 (2013.01) [H04L 61/4511 (2022.05); H04L 61/5014 (2022.05)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for client identification, comprising:
acquiring, when any client is associated with a current network device, a MAC address of the client;
searching and matching the MAC address of the client from a preset user information table, wherein the user information table includes MAC addresses of all clients that have ever been associated with the current network device and characteristic information corresponding to each of the MAC addresses;
marking the client as successfully identified when the matching of the MAC address of the client is successful; and
marking the client as to be detected when the matching of the MAC address of the client is failed, and acquiring, upon receiving a data packet sent by the client, the characteristic information of the client from the data packet; searching and matching the characteristic information of the client from the user information table, and identifying the client according to a result of the matching.