Patent ID: 7373407

Claim:
A packet repeater adapted for connection between an IEEE 1394 terminal and a PPP (point-to-point protocol) server, comprising: a destination management table having an entry corresponding to said IEEE 1394 terminal; and a controller operable during a discovery stage of a PPP connection for receiving a PPP packet from said IEEE 1394 terminal, copying a physical address of a device of said IEEE 1394 terminal contained in the packet to said entry of the destination management table, and successively receiving PPP packets from said server and copying a physical address of the server and a session identifier respectively contained in the packets to said entry of said table, said controller, operable during a session stage of said PPP connection, receiving a PPP packet either from said IEEE 1394 terminal or said server and determining the destination of the packet according to the physical address of one of said IEEE 1394 terminal and said server which is set in said destination management table corresponding to a session identifier of the packet.