Patent ID: 8055795

Claim:
A method of establishing a connection from a client to any of a plurality of servers each having a name and an actual network address on a network, wherein the client and the network are separated by a satellite link, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a domain name services request from the client at a client processor on a same side of the satellite link as the client, wherein the domain name services request contains the name of a particular one of the plurality of servers operating on the network; generating a unique placeholder address for the particular server by the client processor, wherein the unique placeholder address is generated independently from the actual network address of the particular server so that the unique placeholder address is different from the actual network address of the particular server, and wherein the unique placeholder address uniquely identifies the particular server from other servers in the plurality of servers; providing the placeholder address for the particular server from the client processor to the client in response to the domain name services request; receiving a subsequent request for the connection from the client at the client processor, wherein the request contains the unique placeholder address for the particular server; in response to the subsequent request, formulating a combined request from the client processor that contains the name of the particular server rather than the unique placeholder address fore the particular server; and forwarding the combined request together with the name of the particular server from the client processor across the satellite link to a hub server to thereby allow the hub server to obtain the actual network address of the particular server using the name of the particular server contained in the combined request, and to then request the connection between the client and the particular server on the network using the actual network address of the particular server obtained by the hub server.