Patent ID: 8838757

Claim:
A method of starting up a computing device in a network comprising a dynamic addressing module and a module for providing start-up files for said computing device, the method comprising the following steps: allocating to the computing device, by the dynamic addressing module, an address in the network; transmitting, by the computing device to the module for providing start-up files, at least one request for start-up files, said at least one request for start-up files including the address of the computing device allocated by the dynamic addressing module; providing, by the module for providing start-up files to the computing device, said start-up files in response to said at least one request for start-up files, said start-up files including at least one operating system start-up application; extracting from said at least one request for start-up files, by the module for providing start-up files, the address of the computing device allocated by the dynamic addressing module; and inserting, by the module for providing start-up files, into said start-up files said address of the computing device allocated by the dynamic addressing module as a parameter of said at least one operating system start-up application which is to be sent to the computing device in response to said at least one request for start-up files.