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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2005
Applicants:
Mark Ammar Rayes, San Ramon, CA (US);
Michael Cheung, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Mark Ammar Rayes, San Ramon, CA (US);
Michael Cheung, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and a system for re-establishing the connection of a network device with a network, using viral communication, are provided. According to the various embodiments, a disconnected network device acts as a simple wireless device and contacts a neighboring network device to obtain configuration information. The request can be forwarded to a network management station (NMS) through one or more neighbors of the disconnected network device. Connectivity is obtained by executing the configuration instructions obtained from the NMS.