Method for acquiring an ip address and network access device

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention relate to a method for acquiring an IP address and a network access device. The method includes: after receiving a first IP address acquiring message from a first network, assigning a first IP address to the first network by using a process and associating an identifier of the first network with a first session, so that the network access device is capable of mapping the first IP address to a first private network IP address and sending the same to the first network, thereby avoiding the problem of complex implementation in the prior art resulted from a process where a gateway configured for a family network or an enterprise network needs to initiate an IPoE dial-up process. In this way, the gateway configured for the family network or the enterprise network is simplified, operation and maintenance costs are reduced, and flat networks are further implemented.

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