Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Detection of home network configuration problems
- Patent Title (中): 检测家庭网络配置问题
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Application No.: US12371481Application Date: 2009-02-13
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Publication No.: US07881231B2Publication Date: 2011-02-01
- Inventor: Tin Qian , David Thaler , Ari Pekka Niikkonen
- Applicant: Tin Qian , David Thaler , Ari Pekka Niikkonen
- Applicant Address: US WA Redmond
- Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
- Current Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Redmond
- Agency: Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.
- Main IPC: H04L12/28
- IPC: H04L12/28 ; H04L12/56 ; G06F9/26 ; G06F9/34

Abstract:
A diagnostic tool for identifying a configuration of a private network that may disrupt operations involving communication between two devices on the network. The tool, when run on a device in the network, can identify a “double NAT” configuration in which the device may be separated from other devices on the private network by a NAT device. The tool, when run on a computing device, identifies a NAT device, such as a router, to which the device is connected. The tool then identifies a list containing one or more other devices that may be connected to the NAT device. The tool tests whether these other devices also perform NAT functions and are on the private network. Both the NAT device and the devices that may be connected to the NAT device are identified and a determination is made of whether those devices are on the private network by sending requests using one or more protocols that devices on a private network conventionally use but are not conventionally used by devices on other networks.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100208620A1 DETECTION OF HOME NETWORK CONFIGURATION PROBLEMS Public/Granted day:2010-08-19
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