Patent ID: 7606170

Claim:
A method for configuring a router of a first local-area network in a communication network, the communication network having a second local-area network in communication with the first local-area network via the router, the method comprising: inputting configuration data for the router from an external communication device of the second local-area network via a dynamic web page of a remote server; establishing automatically a communication connection with the router via the remote server; transmitting the configuration data to the router; storing, for a predetermined time period, the configuration data in the remote servers or router, the predetermined time period being a fixed time period; comparing the configuration data to current configuration data of the router; and updating a configuration of the router at the predetermined time period, the configuration of the router being updated when the configuration data is different than the current configuration data, wherein the configuration data is stored for the predetermined time period before updating the configuration of the router using the configuration data.