Patent ID: 9088464
Filing Date: 2015-07-21
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A network device configured to communicate with a DNS server, comprising: a setting unit configured to set a plurality of types of IPv6 addresses to the network device for communicating with another network device in a different network; a display unit configured to display a list of at least some of the plurality of types of IPv6 addresses as available for user designation to be registered to the DNS server; a selection unit configured to select IPv6 addresses of at least some of the plurality of types of IPv6 addresses as IPv6 addresses to be registered to the DNS server, wherein the selected IPv6 addresses correspond to types of IPv6 addresses designated by a user via the list displayed by the display unit; and a registration unit configured to register, to the DNS server, the selected IPv6 addresses with a host name of the network device, wherein the registration unit is configured to register all of the plurality of types IPv6 addresses set by the setting unit to the DNS server with the host name of the network device if all of the plurality of types of IPv6 addresses are designated by the user via the list displayed by the display unit, and to register less than all of the plurality of types of IPv6 addresses set by the setting unit to the DNS server if less than all of the plurality of types of IPv6 addresses is or are designated by the user via the list displayed by the display unit, and wherein said units are implemented at least in part by a processing device of the network device.