Patent ID: 9398098
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A customer premise equipment (CPE) locating in a lower-layer network and an upper-layer network of a local area network (LAN) and in communication with an ISP server, each of the lower-layer network and the upper-layer network comprising other CPEs within the LAN, the CPE comprising: at least one processor; a storage system; and one or more programs that are stored in the storage system and are executed by the at least one processor, the one or more programs including: a searching module that searches other CPEs in the lower-layer network after receiving a searching command from the upper-layer network and reports a number of other CPEs managed by the ISP server in the lower-layer network to the upper-layer network after the number is validated; a configuring module that receives a port number assigned by the upper-layer network and makes port configuration after receiving a configuration command from the upper-layer network, wherein the port configuration comprises: activating telnet service of the CPE, configuring a default telnet port according to the assigned port number, assigning other port numbers to the other CPEs managed by the ISP server in the lower-layer network based on the assigned port number and the number reported, sending the port numbers assigned and configuration commands to the other CPEs managed by the ISP server in the lower-layer network; and a login module that monitors a telnet request from the upper-layer network via the default telnet port and establishes a remote communication with the ISP server via the default telnet port when a destination port of the telnet request matches with the default telnet port.