Patent ID: 7286530
Filing Date: 2007-10-23
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for connecting at least one station to a data network, comprising: providing the data network with at least one network device that forwards data of a communications connection; providing an access device, the access device having an interface for setting up a communications connection to a station; establishing a communications connection between the access device and at least one of the network devices on a connectionless basis via a shared medium; setting up a logical point-to-point data connection for the communications connection between the access device and the station; sending a request to the data network to allocate a temporary identification address to the station, the request being sent via service configuration client functions characteristic of stations connected through a connectionless basis in the data network; and assigning the temporary identification address to the station with the aid of configuration server functions of the data network wherein following successful assignment of an Internet Protocol address to the station by a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol client function of the access device, the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol client function of the access device is relinquished in favor of a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol client function of the station, and further service configuration is performed by the station via Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol client functions of the station and by the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol server function of the data network.