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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2009
Richard H. Porter, Roseville, CA (US);
Gregory D. Dolkas, Roseville, CA (US);
Mark W. Fidler, Roseville, CA (US);
Richard H. Porter, Roseville, CA (US);
Gregory D. Dolkas, Roseville, CA (US);
Mark W. Fidler, Roseville, CA (US);
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method of managing a network including maintaining a database of network configuration profiles, each network configuration profile corresponding to a network device type and a physical location relative to the network, determining with a network device a physical location of the network device relative to the network upon the network device being initially connected to the network, the network device being of a network device type, and determining a network configuration profile with which to configure the network device from the database based on the physical location and the network device type of the network device.