System and method for remote discovery and configuration of a network device
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1. A method of operating a network of computing devices, the method comprising:
- analyzing a network, from the perspective of a first computing device having a first addressing system, to determine whether a second addressing system is present on the network, the network comprising the first computing device and a second computing device; and
selectively providing a network address to the second computing device via the first addressing system based on whether the second addressing system is present on the network.
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Abstract
A method for operating a network of computing devices is disclosed. The method includes analyzing a network with a computing device having an addressing system to determine if a second addressing system is present on the network. The method also includes selectively providing a network address to a second computing device based on whether a second addressing system is present on the network.
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22 Claims
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1. A method of operating a network of computing devices, the method comprising:
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analyzing a network, from the perspective of a first computing device having a first addressing system, to determine whether a second addressing system is present on the network, the network comprising the first computing device and a second computing device; and
selectively providing a network address to the second computing device via the first addressing system based on whether the second addressing system is present on the network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A computing system comprising:
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a network;
a first computing device coupled to the network, the first computing device having a first addressing system, wherein the first computing device is configured to analyze the network to determine whether a second addressing system is present on the network; and
a second computing device coupled to the network;
wherein the first computing device is configured to selectively provide a network address to the second computing device via the first addressing system based on whether the second addressing system is present on the network. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A device comprising:
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a processor; and
a first addressing system controlled by the processor, wherein the first addressing system is configured to analyze a network to determine whether a second addressing system is present on the network and to selectively provide a network address to a networked computing device via the first addressing system based on whether the second addressing system is present on the network. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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21. A machine-readable medium having application instructions for device configuration stored thereon, the instructions comprising:
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instructions adapted to analyze a network to determine whether an external addressing system is present on a network; and
instructions adapted to selectively provide a network address to a networked computing device based on whether the external addressing system is present on the network. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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