Patent ID: 7088726

Claim:
A method rendering communications by a third device provided between first and second devices, said first device using a first protocol using an address of a first length, and said second device using a second protocol using an address of a second length, said method comprising the steps of: receiving from said first device a first packet having a first header including a first address of said first length correlated with said second device as a destination address and including a fourth address of said first length as a source address; translating said first address into a second address of said second length correlated with said second device; assigning one of at least one stored address of said second length to said fourth address as a third address; translating said fourth address into the third address; translating said first header into a second header including said second address as a destination address and said third address as a source address; creating a second packet having said second header from said first packet; and sending said second packet to said second device.