Method and system for configuring a device that has failed to obtain network address

摘要

Method and system for configuring a device that has failed to obtain a network address. In one aspect of the invention, a method for remotely configuring a device includes attempting to obtain a network address from a network server over a network, and receiving a valid network address over the network from a remote device connected to the network in response to failing to obtain the network address from the network server.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
by program instructions on a computing device,
attempting to obtain from a network server over a network, an address to use as a network address of the computing device;in response to failing to obtain the address from the network server, reverting to a default predetermined private network address to use as the network address of the computing device;in response to using the default predetermined private network address as the network address of the computing device, receiving a valid network address from a remote device; andusing the valid network address as the network address of the computing device.