Network terminal haivng a configuration for assigning a network address to another

Abstract

It is an object to automatically and rapidly assign a logical network address to a terminal connected newly to a network. A data holding section (14) of a network terminal (10) holds a value of a self-device address (DA) and information indicating whether the DA has a maximum value in the same network address (NA) or not. When a terminal connected newly to a network transmits address request data for requesting to give an address onto the network, a terminal having the maximum DA at that time transmits DA grant data indicative of a self-address (that is, the maximum DA) as an acknowledgement thereof. A new terminal receiving the DA grant data sets a greater value than the maximum DA to be the self-DA.

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