HOME-NETWORKING

摘要

Home-networked client devices are connected to a host system that assigns independent Internet addresses to the client devices using a home gateway device that is connected to the client devices through a network. The home gateway device, which may be physically located in a personal residence, generally includes a communication device to communicate with the host system over a single communication tunnel established between the home gateway device and the host system. The home gateway device also may include a PPPoE access concentrator, an L2TP access concentrator, a network address translation module, and/or a DHCP module. The client devices are typically connected to the home gateway device via a network and the client devices communicate with the host system through the home gateway device using individual communication sessions over the single communication tunnel.