Network device configuration
First Claim
1. A network device having operating software but no configuration data allowing it to carry out its intended purpose which network device is remotely programmable with configuration data as a whole but which network device or operating software has no facility to allow any incremental change of configuration data.
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Abstract
A network device initially has no configuration data and is permitted only to query a known network address. From this address a server verifies the connection and authorises another server to download to the network device the necessary configuration to carry out its purpose. This configuration may not be amended and is not retained on power loss. Any updates are carried out by a complete reload of configuration data.
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- 1. A network device having operating software but no configuration data allowing it to carry out its intended purpose which network device is remotely programmable with configuration data as a whole but which network device or operating software has no facility to allow any incremental change of configuration data.
- 9. A method of configuring a network device which loses its configuration data on power loss comprising providing a network device without user configuration data, providing within the network device a routine which securely contacts a remote verification authority, and downloading from a remote configuration authority authorised by the remote verification authority the entire configuration data.
- 18. A method of providing communication between two network devices of unknown network address wherein each device is required to download its configuration parameters from a server at a known network address each time the device is initialised, the devices allocated network addresses are stored at server, the server being queriable for the allocated network addresses of the two network devices, and wherein communications can be initiated between the two network addresses from this data.
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