Method, Apparatus and System for AP to Manage Wireless Repeater
First Claim
1. A method for an access point (AP) to manage a wireless repeater comprising:
- receiving an internet protocol (IP) address request message that comprises a domain name of a repeater to be managed and that is sent by a management console;
parsing the IP address request message to obtain the domain name of the repeater to be managed;
obtaining, from a domain name management list, an IP address of the repeater that corresponds to the domain name of the repeater to be managed, wherein correspondence between the IP address of the repeater and domain name information of the repeater is recorded in the domain name management list; and
sending, to the management console, the IP address of the repeater that corresponds to the domain name of the repeater to be managed.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of communications technologies, disclose a method, an apparatus and a system for an access point (AP) to manage a wireless repeater, and include: receiving an internet protocol (IP) address request message that includes a domain name of a repeater to be managed and that is sent by a management console; parsing the IP address request message to obtain the domain name of the repeater to be managed; obtaining, from a domain name management list, an IP address of the repeater that corresponds to the domain name of the repeater to be managed, where correspondence between an IP address of a repeater and domain name information of the repeater is recorded in the domain name management list; and sending, to the management console, the IP address of the repeater that corresponds to the domain name of the repeater to be managed.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for an access point (AP) to manage a wireless repeater comprising:
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receiving an internet protocol (IP) address request message that comprises a domain name of a repeater to be managed and that is sent by a management console; parsing the IP address request message to obtain the domain name of the repeater to be managed; obtaining, from a domain name management list, an IP address of the repeater that corresponds to the domain name of the repeater to be managed, wherein correspondence between the IP address of the repeater and domain name information of the repeater is recorded in the domain name management list; and sending, to the management console, the IP address of the repeater that corresponds to the domain name of the repeater to be managed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus for an AP to manage a wireless repeater comprising:
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a first receiving unit configured to receive an IP address request message that comprises a domain name of a repeater to be managed and is sent by a management console; a parsing unit configured to parse the IP address request message to obtain the domain name of the repeater to be managed; an obtaining unit configured to obtain, from a domain name management list, an IP address of the repeater that corresponds to the domain name of the repeater to be managed, wherein correspondence between the IP address of the repeater and domain name information of the repeater is recorded in the domain name management list; and a sending unit configured to send, to the management console, the IP address of the repeater that corresponds to the domain name of the repeater to be managed. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system to manage a wireless repeater comprising:
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a repeater; an access point (AP); and a management console, wherein the repeater is configured to send, to the AP, a report message comprising an IP address and domain name information of the repeater, wherein the AP is configured to identify the IP address and the domain name information from the report message, wherein the AP is configured to record correspondence between the IP address and the domain name information in a domain name management list, wherein the AP is configured to parse an IP address request message sent by the management console to obtain a domain name of the repeater to be managed, wherein the AP is configured to obtain, from the domain name management list, the IP address of the repeater that corresponds to the domain name of the repeater to be managed, wherein the AP is configured to send, to the management console, the IP address of the repeater that corresponds to the domain name of the repeater to be managed, and wherein the management console is configured to send, to the AP, the IP address request message comprising the domain name of the repeater to be managed. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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