Patent ID: 7366769

Claim:
A system comprising: a first network; a data acquisition device connected to the first network; a second network; a mobile data acquisition unit consisting of a router and at least one host wherein the at least one host is configured to communicate with the data acquisition device through the first network, wherein the router is configured to communicate with the at least one host, and wherein the router isolates the at least one host and the data acquisition device from the second network; a template file comprising an operating system command associated with the router, wherein the operating system command comprises a variable; and a manager program for executing by a processor of the at least one host to assemble first configuring instructions from the template file for configuring the router, wherein network communication is established among the at least one host, the router and a host on the second network responsive to the configuring of the router, and the configuring does not disrupt communication on the first network between the at least one host and the data acquisition device, wherein the manager program interprets the variable during assembly of the first configuring instructions, wherein the at least one host has a predetermined configuration, including parameters defining a certain identity, and the configuring includes setting parameters in the router that assign the certain identity to the router, so that the network communication between the at least one host and the router is established by the at least one host recognizing the router identity.