A system and method in which user management and radio management
functionalities associated with a wireless network, such as an IEEE
802.11 wireless network, are integrated to provide wireless network
services thereof. In general, according to the present invention
disclosed herein, a link layer authentication module for linking a
plurality of wireless network layers to one another is integrated with a
network management module, such that the network management module and
the link layer authentication module together form an integrated user and
radio management module which provides wireless network services for the
wireless network. The use of link layer authentication under the IEEE
802.1x standard can be integrated with network management functionality
thereof in order to associate both and provide a variety of useful
wireless network services.