Patent ID: 6425008
Filing Date: 2002-07-23
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A system for remote management of private networks having duplicate network addresses, comprising:a plurality of customer networks, each customer network having devices with unique domain names but identical network addresses as devices in others of the plurality of customer networks; a plurality of level one managers linked to the plurality of customer networks wherein each level one manager is linked to a group of customer networks having devices with unique network addresses, each of the plurality of level one managers having a domain name and network address associated therewith, the plurality of level one managers operable to monitor the plurality of customer networks for error conditions and to generate an error message including a location identifier uniquely identifying the device which experiences an error condition despite the device having an identical network address as devices in other groups of customer networks, the unique location identifier including the unique domain name of the device experiencing the error condition and the domain name of the level one manager associated with the device having the error condition; and a level two manager linked to the plurality of level one managers, the level two manager operable to receive the error messages and route the error messages to an operator console.