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1. A method of accessing a device connected to a local area network (LAN) with a remote apparatus, the method comprising:
- providing a router to control data traffic received and transmitted by the LAN, the router being assigned a public internet protocol (IP) address for communicating with an external network;
consulting a forwarding table stored in the router to determine a private IP address and a corresponding public port number for each device connected to the LAN;
generating a portal web page with the router, the portal web page of the router containing a list of each device connected to the LAN;
visiting the public IP address of the router with the remote apparatus and viewing the portal web page of the router with a web browser on the remote apparatus;
selecting a device from the list of devices displayed on the portal web page of the router; and
accessing the selected device with the remote apparatus by reading the public port number corresponding to the selected device, appending the public port number to the public IP address of the router to form a public device address, and visiting the public device address.
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Abstract
A portal web page is used on a router to display all the devices that are known to the router to be devices that can be accessed from within the same network, from another network, or from the Internet. Entries are created in the portal web page from the router'"'"'s port forwarding table. These entries allow access to a listed device with a single mouse click.
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1. A method of accessing a device connected to a local area network (LAN) with a remote apparatus, the method comprising:
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providing a router to control data traffic received and transmitted by the LAN, the router being assigned a public internet protocol (IP) address for communicating with an external network;
consulting a forwarding table stored in the router to determine a private IP address and a corresponding public port number for each device connected to the LAN;
generating a portal web page with the router, the portal web page of the router containing a list of each device connected to the LAN;
visiting the public IP address of the router with the remote apparatus and viewing the portal web page of the router with a web browser on the remote apparatus;
selecting a device from the list of devices displayed on the portal web page of the router; and
accessing the selected device with the remote apparatus by reading the public port number corresponding to the selected device, appending the public port number to the public IP address of the router to form a public device address, and visiting the public device address. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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