Relay apparatus and communication method
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1. A relay apparatus for relaying communications between information processing units in a network, the relay apparatus comprising:
- an address check unit for checking for an overlap of an address allocated to each of a plurality of information processing units existing in the network;
an address conversion unit for converting the overlapped address detected by the address check unit to thereby create a post-conversion address; and
a relay processing unit for relaying communications between the information processing units on the basis of the post-conversion address.
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A relay apparatus for relaying communications between information processing units in a network includes: an address check unit for checking for an overlap of an address allocated to each of a plurality of information processing units existing in a network; an address conversion unit for converting an overlapped address detected by the address check unit to thereby create a post-conversion address; and a relay processing unit for relaying communications between the information processing units on the basis of the post-conversion address.
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1. A relay apparatus for relaying communications between information processing units in a network, the relay apparatus comprising:
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an address check unit for checking for an overlap of an address allocated to each of a plurality of information processing units existing in the network; an address conversion unit for converting the overlapped address detected by the address check unit to thereby create a post-conversion address; and a relay processing unit for relaying communications between the information processing units on the basis of the post-conversion address. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A relay apparatus for relaying communications between information processing units in a network, the relay apparatus comprising:
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a conversed address designating unit for designating an address to be converted, out of addresses allocated to a plurality of information processing units existing in the network; an address conversion unit that converts the address designated by the conversed address designating unit to thereby create a post-conversion address; a storage unit for storing an address conversion table that relates the address designated by the conversed address designating unit to the post-conversion address; and a relay processing unit for relaying communications between the information processing units, on the basis of the post-conversion address. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. A communication method for performing communications between information processing units in a network, the communication method comprising:
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an address check step for checking for an overlap of an address allocated to each of a plurality of information processing units existing in the network; an address conversion step for converting the overlapped address detected in the address check procedure to thereby create a post-conversion address; and a relay processing step for relaying communications between the information processing units on the basis of the post-conversion address.
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