Patent ID: 8332492
Filing Date: 2012-12-11
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of configuring a computer network, the method comprising: broadcasting a configuration request message from a server system to a plurality of network nodes connected to a computer network; receiving configuration response messages from at least one network node of the plurality of network nodes connected to the computer network, the configuration response messages each including an identifier key value; constructing a network table in the server system, the network table comprising a list of network nodes that have sent configuration response messages and the identifier key values included in the configuration response messages; communicating to an individual network node connected to the computer network using a message associated with a combination of the identifier key value of the individual network node and an Internet Protocol address assigned to the individual network node; and transmitting a change address request message from the server system to a first network node having a duplicate address, the change address request message having a first identifier key value associated with the first network node.