Patent ID: 6571296
Filing Date: 2003-05-27
Classification: H04B,H04L

Abstract:
An apparatus comprising:a first interface for connecting to a TCP/IP network, said first interface having an IP address associated therewith for identifying said first interface of said apparatus to other apparatuses on the TCP/IP network; a second interface to a TCP/IP network, said second interface having another IP address associated therewith for identifying said second interface of said apparatus to other apparatuses on the TCP/IP network, wherein a packet transmitted onto the TCP/IP network from said apparatus via said first interface to the TCP/IP network comprises information relating to an address associated with said second interface to the TCP/IP network so that a packet sent from another apparatus on the TCP/IP network to said apparatus is addressed to the another IP address associated with said second interface to the TCP/IP network and is received by said second interface to the TCP/IP network.