A wireless piconet network device includes a GPS receiver to determine and
provide earth coordinates to a gatekeeper of a wireless network so as to
provide a level of security to wireless networks which requires accessing
wireless devices to be within predefined boundary coordinates. The
automatic restriction of access to a wireless network (e.g., a wireless
local area network (LAN) such as a piconet network) by requiring a
wireless network device to provide earth coordinates (e.g., GPS location
information) as part of an establishment or maintenance of a connection
to a wireless network, independent of a range of communication of any
device in the wireless network. A wireless piconet network device outside
of predetermined earth coordinates of a secured area (e.g., a building, a
room in a building, a desk in a room in a building, etc.) may be denied
access to resources on the wireless network, and/or required to provide
additional authorization information so as to confirm authorized secured
status of the entering wireless device.