Patent ID: 8510419

Claim:
A system comprising: a network device; and a configuration unit configured to cause Domain Name System (DNS) information to be received from a DNS name server that identifies a subnet address range that includes a first IP address and configured to configure the network device using the subnet address range, wherein the configuration unit is configured to provide a first DNS query to the DNS name server to cause at least a first part of the DNS information to be received from the DNS name server, wherein the first DNS query includes a second IP address that is derived from the first IP address, and wherein the first part of the DNS information identifies a first boundary address of the subnet address range, and wherein the configuration unit is configured to provide a second DNS query to the DNS name server to cause at least a second part of the DNS information to be received from the DNS name server, wherein the second DNS query includes a name derived from the first part of the DNS information, and wherein the second part of the DNS information identifies a second boundary address of the subnet address range.