Patent ID: 11909713
Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 9:
10. A system that is external to a network, the system comprising:
one or more processors; and
at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
receive a public Internet Protocol (IP) address of a network component of the network and network address translation (NAT) data that maps first private IP addresses for first network devices in the network to public IP addresses for the first network devices in the network;
obtain, from the network addresses for the first network devices in the network;

obtain, from the network component and in response to a communication from the network device that is directed to the network component using the public IP address of the network component, second private IP addresses for second network devices in the network, wherein the first network devices in the network are different than the second network devices in the network;
translate, using the NAT data that maps the first private IP addresses for the first network devices to the public IP addresses for the first network devices, at least one private IP address for at least one network device of the second network devices in the network to at least one public IP address for the at least one network device of the second network devices; and
provide a network management service associated with network assurance services for the network using the at least one public IP address to allow the network device external to the network to communicate with the network component, for the at least one network device of the second network devices and second network information from the at least one network device.