A system and method of configuring network access parameters of a portable
computing device is provided. A portable computing device usually
includes wireless networking components and may be used with various
wireless networks. A configuration server using a device management
protocol, such as the OMA-DM protocol, sends network configuration
information to a portable computing device. This configuration
information includes network parameters such as network identifiers,
encryption keys and authentication credentials. The portable computing
device then uses the provided parameters to set its configuration
information so that it can access a defined wireless network.