Patent ID: 8543674
Filing Date: 2013-09-24
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of configuring a router to provide DHCP IP address services to a number of network clients sending messages to the router to request IP addresses, wherein the network clients connect to a network via the router which is under the control of a control system, the method comprising the steps of: i) obtaining configuration instructions at the router by sending messages from the router to the control system to request configurations for DHCP services; ii) receiving, at the router from the control system, configuration instructions generated by the control system based on a determination of whether the router should act, for a network client requesting an IP address from the router, as a DHCP server or a relay agent for an external DHCP server, wherein said determination is made by the control system according to at least one pre-defined criterion; and iii)) configuring the router in accordance with the configuration instructions to: