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Automatic LAN/WAN port detection

  • US 20060159029A1
  • Filed: 12/12/2005
  • Published: 07/20/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/20/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus configured to automatically determine a network connection on a port, the apparatus comprising:

  • a first port configured to connect with a first network;

    a second port configured to connect with a second network; and

    a processor configured execute instructions to monitor network traffic on the first port and the second port to detect whether a data packet is altered, identify, in response to the data packet being altered, on which of the first port or the second port the altered data packet is received, and operate on subsequent packets arriving on each port in a manner determined by which port received the altered data packet.

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