Patent ID: 8738803
Filing Date: 2014-05-27
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A communication method executed by a computer having access to a storage device having stored therein correlation relations between layer 2 addresses and layer 3 addresses set for a group of devices on a network, the communication process comprising: extracting from the storage device when an acquisition request for a layer 2 address is to be transmitted, a first layer 2 address that corresponds to a layer 3 address included in the acquisition request; converting a destination of the acquisition request, from a second layer 2 address representing the group of devices, to the first layer 2 address; transmitting the converted acquisition request whose destination has been converted; and updating when a response to the converted acquisition request has been received, the first layer 2 address in the storage device, to the first layer 2 address included in response.