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Abstract

The invention relates to a device connecting method when implementing dynamic networking in a home network which is used to manage a peer-to-peer device in a network without a resource management device. The device connecting method includes the steps of: sending a device connecting request from a connection initiating device to a connection target device; generating a connection challenge value randomly by the connection target device and sending it to the connection initiating device; generating a connection reply value according to the connection challenge value by the connection initiating device and sending it to the connection target device; sending a connection response message from the connection target device to the connection initiating device according to the connection reply value; and judging a result of connection according to the connection response message, by the connection initiating device, when the connection response message represents successful, establishing a peer-to-peer connection between the connection initiating device and the connection target device. A connection disconnecting method includes the steps of: if one of devices having a peer-to-peer connection relation sends a connection disconnecting message to the other, then the connection being able to be disconnected. The initiating and target devices can be a service providing device and a service utilizing device one another.

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