Patent ID: 7523186
Filing Date: 2009-04-21
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An active management system for controlling real-time operation of a Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) network having a SOHO network device and an active management personal computer, the active management system for controlling real-time operation of the SOHO network device comprising: an active management console device configured to operate in the active management personal computer, the active management console module for enabling real-time communication of active management queries to configure the SOHO network device from the active management personal computer to the SOHO network device during operation of the SOHO network device on an active communication link; and an active management agent device, remote from the active management console device, configured to operate in the SOHO network device for communicating real-time active management queries to configure the SOHO network device in real-time between the active management console device and the SOHO network device on the active communication link; wherein the active communication link comprises a communication link transmitting functional information relating to the operation of the gateway device and data traffic.