Patent ID: 8005021

Claim:
Method for transmitting packets in a network comprising at least a first sub-network and a second sub-network connected through a transparent communication link, said link comprising at least a first interface device connected to the first sub-network and a second interface device connected to the second sub-network, said method comprising: attributing a first set of addresses to the interface devices on the communication link; attributing a second set of addresses to nodes connected to the sub-networks, the attribution of the second set being done independently from the attribution of the first set; checking by at least one of said interface devices whether there appears a conflict between an address of the first set and an address of the second set, and in the affirmative: requesting a determined non-conflicting address on the communication link by at least one of said interface devices said determined non-conflicting address being requested during a reset of the communication link to launch a new process of attribution of addresses of the first set; changing the conflicting address of the first set to the determined non conflicting address.