Patent ID: 6412025
Filing Date: 2002-06-25
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
A method of reconnecting a computer terminal which supports stored original settings for network connection to a data transmission network, the steps of the method comprising:storing an indicator in the computer terminal and the data transmission network whenever the computer terminal has been physically disconnected from the data transmission network; determining upon reconnection of the computer terminal to the data transmission network and in response to the indicator that the computer terminal has been disconnected from the data transmission network, whether original settings stored on the computer terminal are valid for attaching to the network in the location where the computer terminal is being reconnected; reconnecting the computer terminal using those original settings if the original settings for the computer terminal are valid for attachment to the data transmission network where the computer terminal is being reconnected; and requesting, using a network protocol, a refresh of the original settings if the original settings on the computer terminal are not valid and reconnecting using such refreshed settings for connecting the computer terminal to the data transmission network whereby the computer terminal requests new settings on its own volition and stores the new settings on the computer terminal for connecting the computer terminal to the data transmission network where the computer terminal is being reconnected.