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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 08, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Pyung-Bin Lim, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/266 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/266 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for interconnecting a private exchange to the Internet. A card allocated with an intrinsic Ethernet address is included in a private exchange. The private exchange is allocated with an Internet protocol (IP) address corresponding to the Ethernet address from a maintenance administration personal computer to which the private exchange is connected via an Ethernet network. By this IP address, the private exchange is interconnected to the Internet. In accordance with the present invention, therefore, the private exchange utilizes both the public network and Internet by virtue of the IP address allocated thereto.