The present invention relates generally to wireless networking, and more particularly to methods and apparatuses for providing flexible WiFi docking with minimal overhead. According to certain aspects, embodiments of the invention include methods and apparatuses that allow a WD to select peripherals in a configuration that is useful for the WD from a Topology point of view. According to certain other aspects, embodiments of the invention include methods and apparatuses that allow peripherals to be used as part of the Docking Session, but does not require using all the peripherals all the time. According to certain additional aspects, embodiments of the invention include methods and apparatuses that allow for dynamically switching the use of peripherals with minimal overhead. According to still further additional aspects, embodiments of the invention include methods and apparatuses for signaling user authentication functionality for certain peripherals to be used in a docking session.