A method of accessing media includes establishing a first network connection between a service provider device and a media device, wherein establishing the first network connection includes exchanging a set of network access parameters; establishing a second network connection between a user device and the service provider device; providing to a user device the set of network access parameters of the first network connection using the service provider device; and using the user device to control the media device, the user device using the set of network access parameters to mimic the first network connection with the media device.