| 摘要 |
A method and apparatus which allows a network administrator to both remotely initially configure one or more network devices 12 and to simultaneously configure a group of network devices remotely, also referred to as batch configuration. Initially, the invention can communicate with newly installed network devices 12 using manufacturer assigned default IP addresses coupled with a device unique hardware address, also known media access control address (MAC address). Once a new device 12 is uniquely identified in this way, a new unique IP address may be assigned by the invention and/or other remotely configurable parameters may be modified.
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