1992-07-31
1995-04-18
Harvey, Jack B.
395200, G06F 1516
Patent
active
054086183
ABSTRACT:
A mechanism for monitoring and responding to the changes of a local area network (LAN) is disclosed. The automatic configuration mechanism (ACM) of the present invention is initiated as part of the normal "startup" of a network node. Once initialized, the ACM has three functions. First, nodes use the ACM to obtain configuration information from other nodes. Second, nodes use the ACM to provide configuration information to the other nodes of the network. Lastly, nodes use the ACM to respond to other nodes which seek configuration information.
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Aho Michael E.
Cramer Keith D.
Diedrich Richard A.
Auve Glenn A.
Harvey Jack B.
International Business Machines - Corporation
Roth Steven W.
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