Patent ID: 7593349
Filing Date: 2009-09-22
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for configuration of a device that has completed a basic configuration in a data network, comprising: sending an inquiry message from the device to an address assignment server, using a destination address that was stored on the device at a factory as the destination address of the assignment server; receiving an inquiry message from the device the address assignment server; transmitting destination address information of a parameter server from the address assignment server to the device in response to the inquiry message; establishing a connection to the parameter server by the device, using the destination address information of the parameter server transmitted by the address assignment server to establish the connection; sending a further inquiry message from the device to the parameter server; receiving the further inquiry message from the device by the parameter server; and transmitting advanced configuration parameters from the parameter server to the device which are used for an advanced configuration of the device, in response to the further inquiry message.