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System and method for establishing network connection

  • US 8,027,339 B2
  • Filed: 09/29/2008
  • Issued: 09/27/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/12/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions configured to be executed on a foreign gateway device, the foreign gateway device being connected to a user host device by a network, wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the foreign gateway device to:

  • process an ARP request packet transmitted from the user host device and received at the foreign gateway device, wherein the ARP request packet includes at least a sender IP address, a sender hardware address, and a target IP address that corresponds to an IP address of a home gateway, wherein the IP address of the home gateway is different from any IP address associated with the foreign gateway device;

    prepare an ARP response packet that includes at least a sender IP address that corresponds to the IP address of the home gateway, a sender hardware address that corresponds to a hardware address of the foreign gateway device, a target IP address that corresponds to the sender IP address of the ARP request packet, and a target hardware address corresponding to the sender hardware address of the ARP request packet;

    transmit the ARP response packet from a network interface of the foreign gateway device; and

    process at the foreign gateway device a network packet transmitted from the user host device and received at the foreign gateway device, wherein the network packet comprises at least a target IP address that differs from the IP address of the home gateway and the foreign gateway and a target hardware address that corresponds to the hardware address of the foreign gateway device.

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