Patent ID: 7281056

Claim:
A method for assigning a device to a network of a plurality of networks, comprising the steps of: providing the plurality of networks, each network having a corresponding speed for data to be transferred between the network and the device; providing a first configurable parameter having a first value and a second value; configuring the first configurable parameter to a desired value; and if the configured desired value of the first configurable parameter corresponds to the first value, then assigning the device to the network based on the speed of data to be transferred between the device and the network by a network controller; the speed of data to be transferred between the device and the network being provided by the device in the form of a second configurable parameter; else if the configured desired value of the first configurable parameter corresponds to the second value, then assigning the device to the network based on a negotiated speed provided by a negotiation process between the device and the network controller.