Patent ID: 8161190

Claim:
A computer implemented method, comprising: receiving, at an address management device of a first network, a plurality of address advertisement messages from one or more network edge devices of the first network, wherein a first address advertisement message of the plurality of address advertisement messages indicates that a first end-user device is assigned a first static internet protocol address and is connected to a network edge device of the one or more network edge devices, and wherein a second address advertisement message of the plurality of address advertisement messages indicates that a second end-user device is assigned a second static internet protocol address and is connected to the network edge device; and sending an aggregate advertisement message including an aggregate internet protocol address to one or more remote devices of a second network, wherein the aggregate advertisement message indicates to route first incoming traffic directed to the first static internet protocol address to the address management device via the aggregate internet protocol address and to route second incoming traffic directed to the second static internet protocol address to the address management device via the aggregate internet protocol address.