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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2015
Applicant:
Buffalo Inc., Nagoya-shi, JP;
Inventor:
Tetsuya Inada, Nagoya, JP;
Assignee:
BUFFALO INC., Nagoya-shi, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/749 (2013.01); H04L 12/781 (2013.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/741 (2013.01); H04L 45/52 (2013.01); H04L 69/167 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electronic device that relays an Internet Protocol (IP) packet compliant with one of a plurality of IP versions includes circuitry configured to process the IP packet in each of a first mode operating as a router and a second mode operating as a bridge; and set, as a mode of the electronic device, one of the first mode or the second mode, based on which of the plurality of IP versions the IP packet to be processed is compliant with.