Patent ID: 6292838
Filing Date: 2001-09-18
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A method of determining a point to point address associated with a network interface of a remote device, responsive to an end to end address associated with said network interface of said remote device, comprising:detecting login information including said end to end address associated with said network interface of said remote device, wherein said remote device is a remote end station, and wherein said login information further includes information identifying a user of said remote end station;extracting, responsive to said detecting of said login information, said end to end address associated with said network interface of said remote device from said login information;identifying, responsive to said end to end address, an internetworking device communicably coupled to a remote network to which said network interface is also communicably coupled;identifying, responsive to said end to end address, an interface of said internetworking device which is attached to said remote network; andobtaining, responsive to said end to end network address, said point to point address of said network interface from a database of point to point addresses of network interfaces of devices that are communicably coupled to said remote network, wherein said database is associated with said interface of said internetworking device attached to said remote network.