Network address assignment using physical address resolution protocols
US6061739A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 26, 1997 |
| Grant date | May 9, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 26, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L61/5092
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for initial network address configuration using physical address resolution protocol. A device attempts a connection to the network, which causes address resolution (ARP) packets to be generated. The device monitors communications on the network for a specified number of unanswered ARP packets. Thereafter, the device adopt the network address in the unanswered ARP packets and responds to the unanswered ARP packets with the its' physical address.
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