System and method for sending packets using another device's network address

A method comprising:

• a. getting, configuration information, comprising a configured network address of a second device and a configured network address of a third device;
• b. generating an original packet comprising a source network address that is the configured network address of the third device and a destination network address that is the configured network address of the second device;
• c. sending the original packet from a first device, wherein the first device does not have a network address;
• d. receiving a first configuration packet that contains the configuration information from a network monitor;
• e. receiving a packet;
• f. determining if the received packet is a second configuration packet, the original packet sent in step (c), or a packet that has the source network address or the destination network address that is the configured network address of the third device;
• g. responsive to the received packet being the second configuration packet, getting second configuration information from the second configuration packet;
• h. responsive to the received packet being the packet sent in step (c), ignoring the received packet;
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• i. responsive to the received packet being the packet that has the source network address or the destination network address that is the configured network address of the third device, going to step (b).

A method comprising:

• a. receiving a configuration packet that contains configuration information on a first device that is not configured with a network address, wherein the configuration information comprises a configured network address of a second device, a configured network address of a third device, and a first data-link address;
• b. receiving a packet from the third device;
• c. getting a second data-link address from the packet from the third device;
• d. generating an original packet, wherein the original packet comprises a source network address, a destination network address, a source data-link address, and a destination data-link address, wherein the source network address is the configured network address of the third device, the destination network address is the network address of the second device, the source data-link address is the second data-link address, and the destination data-link address the first data-link address;
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• e. sending the original packet from the first device.

An apparatus comprising:

• means for receiving, at the first device, a first configuration packet that contains configuration information from a network monitor;
• means for getting the configuration information, the configuration information comprising a configured network address of a second device and a configured network address of a third device;
• means for generating an original packet comprising a source network address that is the configured network address of the third device and a destination network address that is the configured network address of the second device;
• means for sending the original packet from a first device, wherein the first device does not have a network address;
• means for receiving, at the first device, a packet;
• means for determining if the received packet is a second configuration packet, the sent original packet, or a packet that has the source network address or the destination network address of the third device;
• in response to the received packet being the second configuration packet, means for getting a second configuration information from the second configuration packet;
• in response to the received packet being the sent original packet, means for ignoring the received packet;
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• in response to the received packet being the packet that has the source address network address or the destination network address of the third device, means for sending a packet that comprises the source network address and the destination network address.