Gateway card, gateway apparatus, gateway control method, and computer product

摘要

A gateway card includes an input-output interface detachably inserted into an insertion section of a personal computer provided with control authority, and a nonvolatile memory that stores control terminal authentication data such as data for a product name for authenticating the personal computer. The card also includes a system data setting section that receives a setting request for system data of the gateway card issued from a terminal and obtains terminal authentication data from the terminal. The system data setting section permits setting of the system data only if there is a match between the control terminal authentication data and the terminal authentication data as a result of comparison.