Patent ID: 7379979
Filing Date: 2008-05-27
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. In a modular network system, a method for automatically assigning an IP address to at least one client premise equipment (“CPE”) coupled by a communications link to a router, wherein the last octet of said IP address may be one of at least three different values, comprising: requesting a router IP address from said router; determining whether the last octet of said router IP address is less than 254; generating an added IP address by adding one to said last octet of said router IP address, if said last octet is less than 254; assigning said added IP address to said at least one CPE; generating a subtracted IP address by subtracting one from said last octet of said router IP address, if said last octet is not less than 254; and assigning said subtracted IP address to said at least one CPE.