5. A system as recited in claim 1 , wherein said determining the one or more connection parameters further comprises applying one or more local policies for the wireless network based on the ascertained compatibility of the one or more attributes with the wireless network.
1. A system comprising: at least one processor; and one or more computer-readable storage media including instructions stored thereon that, responsive to execution by the at least one processor, cause the system perform operations including: placing a device in a quarantine state for a wireless network in response to a request from the device to connect to the wireless network; ascertaining one or more attributes of the device while the device is in the quarantine state including a hardware attribute and at least one attribute pertaining to a software attribute, a driver attribute, or a configuration setting attribute of the device, at least one of the attributes pertaining to a prospective quality of performance capability for the device over the wireless network; determining, based on the one or more attributes, one or more connection parameters for connection of the device to the wireless network based on comparing the one or more attributes to a local specification for the wireless network to ascertain compatibility of the one or more attributes with the wireless network, at least one local specification pertaining to a baseline quality of performance capability for a device over the wireless network; and releasing the device from the quarantine state such that the device is connected to the wireless network subject to the one or more connection parameters.