Communication device and communication method thereof
AssigneeBuffalo Inc.
InventorNobuhiro TAMURA
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Abstract
A communication device includes a wireless LAN interface that can communicate with a wireless device other than the communication device, and a wired LAN interface having a plurality of ports, and relays a communication between an electronic device connected to each of the plurality of ports and the wireless device. When an electronic device is connected to a specific port set beforehand among the plurality of ports, the communication device obtains the MAC address of the electronic device, uses the obtained MAC address as the local MAC address, and communicates with the wireless device.
Claims7
A communication device comprising:
- a wireless LAN interface that can communicate with a wireless device other than the communication device;
- a wired LAN interface having a plurality of ports;
- a relay unit that relays a communication between an electronic device connected to the plurality of ports in a communicatable manner and the wireless device through the wireless LAN interface and the wired LAN interface;
- and
- an obtaining unit that obtains, when the electronic device is connected to a specific port set beforehand among the plurality of ports, a MAC address of the electronic device,
- wherein the relay unit carries out a communication through the wireless LAN interface using the obtained MAC address as a MAC address of the communication device.
A communication method of a communication device including a wireless LAN interface that can communicate with a wireless device other than said communication device and a wired LAN interface having a plurality of ports, comprising the steps of:
- relaying a communication between an electronic device connected to each of the plurality of ports in a communicatable manner and the wireless device through the wireless LAN interface and the wired LAN interface;
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- obtaining a MAC address of the electronic device when the electronic device is connected to a specific port set beforehand among the plurality of ports, wherein the MAC address thus obtained is used as a MAC address of the communication device when relaying a communication between the electronic device and the wireless device through the wireless LAN interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.