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US 2017/0302515 A1Published application
Methods for dynamic router configuration in a mesh network
Assigneeeero inc.
InventorsNathaniel Crane Hardison, Rowan Matthew Chakoumakos, Timothy Amos Schallich, Nicholas Spencer Weaver
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Abstract
A method for router configuration includes: at a router, collecting DHCP server presence data of a local area network; at the router, collecting NAT server presence data of the local area network; generating a network configuration status based upon the DHCP server presence data and the NAT server presence data; and configuring DHCP server and NAT server settings of the router based on the network configuration status.
Claims6
A method for router configuration, the method comprising:
- requesting a connection to a user mobile electronic device;
- establishing an internet connection at a router via the user mobile electronic device;
- transmitting a router identifier of the router to a remote management platform via the internet connection;
- at the remote management platform, identifying a local area network configuration associated with the router identifier;
- wherein the local area network configuration comprises DHCP server configuration settings, NAT server configuration settings, firewall settings, and wireless access point configuration settings;
- transmitting the local area network configuration from the remote management platform to the router via the user mobile electronic device;
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- at the router, configuring the DHCP server configuration settings, NAT server configuration settings, firewall settings, and wireless access point configuration settings based on the local area network configuration.
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