Method and system for operating a wireless access point for providing access to a network
OwnerLevi Russelinventor
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Abstract
A method is described for operating a single network adapter for use on two different sub-networks of the same type, and a corresponding apparatus. The method comprises setting up a first network address and routing table in the network adapter for use in the first sub-network; setting up a second network address and routing table in the network adapter for use in the second sub-network; receiving data for one of the first and second sub networks, and re-transmitting the data to the other of the first and second sub-network, using the network addresses and routing tables.
Claims29
A method of operating a single network adapter for use on two different sub networks of the same type, the method comprising:
- setting up a first network address and routing table in the network adapter for use in the first sub-network;
- setting up a second network address and routing table in the network adapter for use in the second sub-network;
- receiving data for one of the first and second sub-networks, and re-transmitting the data to the other of the first and second sub-network, using the network addresses and routing tables.
A method as claimed in any previous claim, wherein the single network adapter is an Ethernet adapter.
A method as claimed in any previous claim, wherein said method is performed by
- executing driver software to configure a standard network adapter to exchange network
- traffic between the first and second sub-networks.
A computing apparatus for exchanging network data traffic between a first sub-network and a second sub-network, the apparatus comprising:
- a network adaptor;
- a processor;
- a data store storing a driver for the network interface card, the driver being configured to store a first network address and routing table for use in the first sub-network;
- a second network address and routing table for use in the second sub-network;
- to receive data for one of the first and second sub-networks, and re-transmit the data to the other of the first and second sub-network, using the network addresses and routing tables.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.