Patent ID: 9253043
Filing Date: 2016-02-02
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method to convert port configuration data collected from a first router, the method comprising: in response to receiving a determination that Internet Protocol pool interfaces are to be converted, identifying, with a processor, a first Internet Protocol address and a last Internet Protocol address associated with an Internet Protocol pool configuration statement; subtracting, with a processor, a third octet in the first Internet Protocol address from a third octet in the last Internet Protocol address; based on subtracting the third octet in the first Internet Protocol address from the third octet in the last Internet Protocol address, identifying, with a processor, a corresponding number of subsets; determining, with a processor, a mask number based on the corresponding number of subnets; using the mask number to convert, with a processor, the Internet Protocol configuration statement; and transmitting the converted Internet Protocol configuration statement as an Internet Protocol configuration file to a second router.