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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2001
Albert Young, Cupertino, CA (US);
Bofu Chen, Fremont, CA (US);
Albert Young, Cupertino, CA (US);
BoFu Chen, Fremont, CA (US);
3Com Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and system for providing network connectivity and mobility for a roaming client. Specifically, in one embodiment of the present invention, an access point (AP) is enabled with a smart agent and associated protocol. The smart agent is capable of monitoring the AP link status to the backbone network and where applicable the capability to capture the TCP/IP information. Further, the smart agent located at the AP has the capability of sending the AP connection and network status information to a client when that client associates with the AP, or when the AP's network status or configuration changes. The effect of the invention is to provide a radically simple user experience in networking connectivity and mobility in both wired and wireless network infrastructures.