Patent ID: 6874021

Claim:
A method of configuring network devices comprising: creating, and storing a single script file comprising statements in a scripting language, the statements providing instructions for obtaining information about a state of a particular network device and instructions for changing the state of the particular network device; preparing a page for sending to a client process from a server, the page comprising a form having a plurality of input fields and a submit button; associating with the form one of a first submit method for obtaining information about a state of a particular network device, and a second submit method for changing the state of the particular network device; associating the submit button on the form with the single script file regardless of which one of the first submit method and the second submit method is associated with the form; sending the page to the client process; and in response to activation of the submit button in the client process, executing routines to operate on the particular network device based on a submit method associated with the form.