The present invention is a method and system for managing a secure local
area network wherein the local area network includes a plurality of
private networks logically linked to a wireless network having a
plurality of wireless access points for isolating data traffic. The
system provides authentication of the user devices, segregation of the
user device into logical wireless virtual local area networks (WVLANs),
and places the private networks into virtual local area networks (VLANs).
By linking WVLANs with the appropriate VLANs, the management system
provides segregation of user device traffic, as well as private network
traffic, despite a shared physical network. By consolidating wireless
networks in a multi-tenant environment, the work area of each individual
tenant is expanded to a building wide roaming area, and radio frequency
interference is reduced. In addition, by coupling together numerous
wireless networks a greater roaming capability is created across all
managed wireless networks.