Patent ID: 11863396
Assignee: PACKET FORENSICS, LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 21:
22. A sensor for discovering a network when installed in the network, wherein the network is communicatively coupled to an external network by a router, the sensor comprising an electronic processor and non-transitory persistent storage including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the sensor to perform actions comprising:
determining, automatically and by the sensor, a network address of the router;
detecting, automatically and by the sensor, a network address of a client in the network;
assessing, automatically and by the sensor, that the client in the network is actively communicating on the network;
communicating, by the sensor, with the network address of the router;
participating, by the sensor, in communications on the network by emulating the network address of the client and by using the network address of the router;
reassessing automatically, subsequent to the assessing, whether the client in the network is actively communicating on the network, wherein the reassessing comprises determining that the client in the network is no longer actively communicating on the network;
assessing that a second client in the network is actively communicating on the network; and
participating, by the sensor, in communications on the network by emulating a network address of the second client.