Patent attributes
An apparatus and a method for establishing a network by preset IP information when a host is plugged in a network, are provided. The apparatus and the method for establishing a network comprise one or more first hosts with a MAC address and an IP address as established; a second host for storing one or more different network related information as established or stored by a user; an interface unit for performing data send and receive operations through the network; and a unit for enabling a TCP/IP to be automatically established by the stored network related information. The method includes storing two or more TCP/IP Preset# information in a host to join in a network; determining an access priority order by comparing an ARP responded information with the TCP/IP Preset# when the host is plugged in the network and receives the ARP response; broadcasting an ARP request according to the TCP/IP Preset# information by the access priority order; and establishing a network according to the ARP response as received in a unicast mode.
