Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput – Remote data accessing – Using interconnected networks
Patent
1997-09-26
2000-02-08
Maung, Zarni
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput
Remote data accessing
Using interconnected networks
709219, 709224, 709225, 709237, G06F 1130
Patent
active
060237244
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus, and accompanying methods for use therein, for an ISDN LAN modem that is suited for small user environments and which contains an internal ISDN router having a self-contained network hub for inter-connecting multiple network devices, such as workstations, to each other through a local area network and for permitting each of those devices to each gain access through the router to any one of a number of different remote networks. The LAN modem communicates network failure messages to a host workstation connected to the LAN by intercepting and responding to various DNS (domain name system) messages issued by that workstation and intended for a remote DNS server. Specifically, the LAN modem supplies its own network (IP) address in response to these messages, thus assuming a role of both a remote DNS server and a remote web server in order to implement a mechanism through which a fault-specific web page can be dynamically constructed and downloaded to the workstation for subsequent display, through a browser executing thereat. The page, once rendered, provides a specific message pertinent to the failure.
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Bhatia Rajiv
Stypko Gregory H.
Zhang Siuling C.
3Com Corporation
Cardone Jason D.
Maung Zarni
Michaelson Peter L.
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