Patent ID: 7633888

Claim:
An integrated security system operating over a network comprising: at least one network node, including a processor, coupled to said network and coupled to at least one door control device, the node comprising: a Media Access Control (MAC) address; a node unique identifier; a control program stored on a computer readable storage medium and executable on said network node to perform the operations of: reading a token coupled to the network node to obtain the node unique identifier; selecting a random zero conf address; providing a discovery message including the random zero conf address, the node unique identifier and the MAC address; requesting an address assignment method by multicasting the discovery message; and a network controller, including a processor, coupled to the network including a control program stored on a computer readable storage medium and executable by said network controller to perform the operations of: receiving a user selection of the address assignment method; selecting the address assignment method in response to receiving the discovery message; directing said network node to obtain a network configuration including a network address using the selected address assignment method.