Patent ID: 6370147
Filing Date: 2002-04-09
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
In a data-over-cable system with a plurality of network devices, a method for addressing passive network devices, the method comprising the following steps:assigning a first network address in the data-over-cable system to a passive first network device associated with a second network device, wherein the passive first network device does not have a network address protocol stack to obtain the first network address; adding the first network address to a configuration file for the second network device; initializing the second network device with the configuration file including the first network address; and sending a first message to a third network device from the second network device including the first network address and a second network address for the second network device to register the passive first network device and the second network device with the third network device, wherein the second network address on the data-over-cable system for the second network device was obtained with a network address protocol stack.