Patent ID: 6865613
Filing Date: 2005-03-08
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. An apparatus configured to provide a network connection for a visiting node at a remote network, the visiting node being configured to connect through a home network that is remote from the remote network, the apparatus comprising: one or more processors; and a memory in communication with at least one of the processors, wherein at least one of the processors and the memory is configured to provide an address translation list including one or more translation entries, each specifying a home IP address of the visiting node and a globally unique outside address, wherein the globally unique outside address is provided by the remote network and the home IP address is the IP address of the visiting node on its home network, and wherein at least one of the processors and the memory is configured to act as a remote network node on the remote network for a visiting node, which remote network node behaves as the default gateway for the visiting node by responding to a message from the visiting node addressed to a default gateway on the home network of the visiting node.