Dynamically configuring and 5 monitoring hosts connected in a computing network having a gateway device
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Aug 3, 2004
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Feb 17, 2000
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In a computing network environment having a gateway device electronically connected to a plurality of hosts potentially connected to one or more routers and local area networks, a method and apparatus is provided for dynamically configuring, deconfiguring and monitoring all connected hosts. Special IPX commands are provided to add or remove information about hosts in a routing table. The command provides information about the connected hosts' IPX sessions, router information and IPX packets and their final destinations, and connection routes. In another embodiment of the present invention the IPX command is also used to receive information and pass information about new IPX stations in the network environment. By providing a counter and incrementing it each time an IPX packet is received from the network, the most used entries are identified. A second special IPX host command is also provided for deconfiguring and removing entries from the routing table in a manner similar to the one described above.
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