Automatic detection and reconfiguration of devices

摘要

Described is a technology by which movement of a shared network device (e.g., a printer or storage device) to a different network machine triggers an automatic reconfiguration of the device and/or the network machines, so that those machines remain able to share that device. Configuration data may be pushed to the network machines, pulled by the network machines, and/or provided to a server by which the network machines may access the confirmation data. Reconfiguration may include creating a system user account and modifying the permissions associated with the device so that the other machine has access permission to use the device via the created account.

主权项

1. In a computer networking environment, a method employing at least one processor to perform operations comprising:
determining that a device that had a previous connection to a first machine of a network is now connecting to a second machine; obtaining configuration data related to the previous connection; and configuring at least one other machine that is different from the second machine and is not presently running on the network to use the device through the second machine when the at least one other machine is later running on the network, the configuring based at least in part on the configuration data related to the previous connection.