Image forming system including image forming apparatus supporting plurality of network interfaces and method of editing routing table thereof
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorYong-won Kwon
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Abstract
A method of editing a routing table managing network connections to a plurality of network interfaces in an image forming system includes receiving a user request for a change in network settings between the plurality of network interfaces defined in the routing table and networks, editing the defined network settings based on the received user request, and updating the routing table based on the edited network settings.
Claims15
An image forming system to manage network connections to a plurality of network interfaces by using a routing table, the image forming system comprising:
- an image forming apparatus including a routing table management unit;
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- a host device to provide a user interface for controlling the routing table management unit of the image forming apparatus according to a user request and for displaying information about network settings included in the routing table stored in the image forming apparatus,
- wherein the host device receives the user request for a change in the network settings between networks and the plurality of network interfaces defined by the routing table through the user interface,
- wherein the received user request comprises information on a network address to be added to the routing table, and
- wherein the routing table management unit of the image forming apparatus attempts a connection to the network address through the plurality of network interfaces, edits the defined network settings of the routing table with a network interface connectible to the network address based on a result of the attempting the connection, and updates the routing table based on the edited network settings.
A method of editing a routing table managing network connections to a plurality of network interfaces in an image forming system, the method comprising:
- providing, by a host device, a user interface for controlling a routing table management unit of an image forming apparatus according to a user request and for displaying information about network settings included in the routing table stored in the image forming apparatus;
- receiving, by the image forming apparatus, the user request from the host device for a change in the network settings between networks and the plurality of network interfaces defined by the routing table through the user interface, wherein the received user request comprises information on a network address to be added to the routing table;
- attempting, by the routing table management unit of the image forming apparatus, a connection to the network address through the plurality of network interfaces;
- editing, by the routing table management unit of the image forming apparatus, the defined network settings of the routing table with a network interface connectible to the network address based on a result of the attempting the connection;
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- updating, by the routing table management unit of the image forming apparatus, the routing table based on the edited network settings.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.