Patent ID: 7502841

Claim:
A network service management server for managing Internet services for a cable modem network, the network service management server comprising: a registration driver provided at a selected location of the cable modem network having multiple cable modems and routing Cable Modem Termination Systems (CMTSs) for communicating with connected cable modems, the CMTSs being provided at the selected location and the cable modems being provided at remote locations outside the selected location, the registration driver for registering a client connecting to one of the cable modems; an address assignment handler provided at the selected location of the cable modem network for assigning client Internet protocol (IP) address ranges and cable modem IP address ranges to each of the routing CMTSs using the registration driver, wherein the address assignment handler, in response to a client request, assigns to the client a client IP address from the client IP address ranges assigned to one of the routing CMTSs associated with the one of the cable modems to which the client is connected; and an information handler for handling information relating to Internet services for the client based on the assigned client address.