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Apparatus and method for hybrid network access

  • US 6,571,296 B1
  • Filed: 02/16/1999
  • Issued: 05/27/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/08/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus comprising:

  • a first interface for connecting to a TCP/IP network, said first interface having an IP address associated therewith for identifying said first interface of said apparatus to other apparatuses on the TCP/IP network;

    a second interface to a TCP/IP network, said second interface having another IP address associated therewith for identifying said second interface of said apparatus to other apparatuses on the TCP/IP network, wherein a packet transmitted onto the TCP/IP network from said apparatus via said first interface to the TCP/IP network comprises information relating to an address associated with said second interface to the TCP/IP network so that a packet sent from another apparatus on the TCP/IP network to said apparatus is addressed to the another IP address associated with said second interface to the TCP/IP network and is received by said second interface to the TCP/IP network.

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