Patent ID: 11924046
Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 16:
17. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
receiving, via a network, information associated with onboarding a network device;
accessing, geographic location information indicating a geographic location at which the network device is located during the onboarding;
configuring, based at least in part on received information containing a role of the network device and the geographic location information, Internet Protocol (IP) address that comprises at least one or more first numbers and one or more second numbers, wherein the one or more first numbers indicate the geographic location of the network device and the one or more second numbers indicate at least the role of the network device; and
assigning the IP address to the network device such that the IP address is usable to determine based on the one or more first numbers and the one or more second numbers at least the geographic location of the network device and the role of the network device.