The disclosure relates to a method for connecting a machine having a multiplicity of machine components to a wireless network, wherein configuration data are generated having information about the multiplicity of machine components and how the latter are to be networked to one another, wherein the configuration data are transmitted to the wireless network, wherein a subnetwork of the wireless network is set up on the basis of the configuration data for the multiplicity of machine components and wherein the machine is connected to the subnetwork of the wireless network.