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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2017
Alibaba Group Holding Limited, Grand Cayman, KY;
Qiang Wang, Zhejiang, CN;
Alibaba Group Holding Limited, Cayman Islands, KY;
Abstract
A wireless network adapter is connected to a computing device. A driver module of the wireless network adapter converts a wireless-protocol data packet received through the wireless network adapter into an Ethernet-protocol data packet. A network address translation (NAT) module determines a Socket associated with a source address and a destination address of the Ethernet-protocol data packet, and sends valid data of the Ethernet-protocol data packet through the Socket. Additionally or alternatively, the NAT module encapsulates data into the Ethernet-protocol data packet after receiving the data through the Socket, and the driver module converts the Ethernet-protocol data packet into the wireless-protocol data packet, and sends the wireless-protocol data packet through the wireless network adapter. The present disclosure can implement functions of a device hotspot and is not limited by an operating system framework.