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US 2010/0064031 A1Published application
Identifying a Subnet Address Range from DNS Information
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsLloyd E. Wright, Lyn T. Robertson
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Abstract
Embodiments of identifying a subnet address range from DNS information are disclosed.
Claims20
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.
The system of claim 8 wherein the configuration unit is configured to provide an additional DNS query to the DNS name server to identify a second IP address of the subnet address range.
A method comprising:
- providing a plurality of DNS queries to a DNS name server;
- and configuring a network device with a subnet address range identified from DNS information received in response to the plurality of DNS queries.
A program product comprising:
- a program executable by a processing system to:
- identify a subnet address range of a network device from DNS information receiving in response to a plurality of DNS queries;
- and
- configure the network device with the subnet address range;
- a medium that stores the program so that the program is accessible to the processor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.