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System and method for network address maintenance using dynamic host configuration protocol messages in a data-over-cable system

  • US 6,697,862 B1
  • Filed: 05/21/1999
  • Issued: 02/24/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/21/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a data-over-cable system, a method for network address maintenance, comprising the steps of:

  • receiving a message on a second network device, wherein the message contains a first network address associated with a first network device, and wherein the message is used to acknowledge the first network address on the data-over-cable system; and

    determining whether the first network address equates to a second network address stored in a network address table associated with the second network device, and if so, deleting from the network address table one or more network addresses associated with the second network address; and

    storing in the network address table a third network address.

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