Connecting a cloud network to the internet

A method comprising:

• without human intervention, managing at least one private network;
• wherein the managing the at least one private network includes connecting the at least one private network to the Internet;
• wherein the at least one private network includes at least two separate logical broadcast domains that are respectively not necessarily physical broadcast domains, and the at least one private network communicates selected signal packets from at least one network device in one of the at least two separate logical broadcast domains transmitted to at least one network device in another of the at least two separate logical broadcast domains as if the logical broadcast domains are not separate, which comprises transmitting the selected signal packets between the network devices of the at least two separate logical broadcast domains via the at least one tunnel server, and
• wherein the transmitting the selected signal packets via the at least one tunnel server permits signal packet communications between the network devices of the at least two separate logical broadcast domains while bypassing network address translation with respect to the selected signal packets;
• wherein the managing the at least one private network comprises managing signal packet communications between the network devices in the two or more separate logical broadcast domains.

A system comprising:

• one or more servers;
• the one or more servers to manage at least one private network without human intervention;
• wherein the at least one private network to comprise at least for a period of time a virtual broadcast domain comprising two or more separate logical broadcast domains in which the at least one private network is able to communicate selected signal packets from one network device in one of the two or more separate logical broadcast domains that are to be transmitted to one network device in another of the two or more separate logical broadcast domains via at least one tunnel server such that the at least one private network is able to communicate the selected signal packets from the one network device in the one of the two or more separate logical broadcast domains in a manner to by-pass use of a routing table with respect to the selected signal packets and as if the logical broadcast domains are not logically separate;
• wherein the selected signal packets to be transmitted between the one network device in the one of the two or more separate logical broadcast domains and the one network device in the another of the two or more separate logical broadcast domains are to be transmitted via the at least one tunnel server;
• and
• wherein the one or servers are to manage signal packet communications between the network devices in the two or more separate logical broadcast domains.

An article comprising:

• a non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon instructions executable by a computing device, wherein the computing device is to comprise a controller to manage at least one private network without human intervention;
• wherein the at least one private network to comprise at least for a period of time a virtual broadcast domain comprising two or more separate logical broadcast domains in which the at least one private network is able to communicate selected signal packets from one network device in one of the two or more separate logical broadcast domains to be transmitted to one network device in another of the two or more separate logical broadcast domains via at least one tunnel server such that the at least one private network is able to communicate the selected signal packets from the one network device in one of the two or more separate logical broadcast domains in a manner to by-pass use of a routing table with respect to the selected signal packets and as if the logical broadcast domains are not logically separate;
• wherein the selected signal packets to be transmitted between the one network device in the one of the two or more separate logical broadcast domains and the one network device in the another of the two or more separate logical broadcast domains are to be transmitted via the at least one tunnel server;
• and
• wherein the controller is to manage signal packet communications between the network devices in the two or more separate logical broadcast domains.