JPH0591111A - Local area network - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] The purpose is to operate the network system by allowing the network address on the LAN to be set and reading the ID card information by the network system. [Structure] In the operation of a network system, when the card information reading unit 1 reads information from an ID card and the address storage unit 2 stores a network address, and a protocol for the network system requests an address reference, The ID card control unit 3 is characterized by referring to the network address from the address storage unit 2 and notifying the protocol of the network address.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is used in a network for performing data communication using a LAN. In particular, it relates to a system that needs to register a physical address in a network utilization system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional example, a network environment file is created, a physical address is read from the file,
I was setting the address. Or R in the system
It was stored in the OM and read from the ROM when the system was started.

[0003]

In such a conventional example, since the physical address is fixedly defined for the network system, it can be used only at a specific place, and which physical address is used by the network system. I couldn't immediately know. In addition, since it is necessary to manage the physical address for each system, the management amount increases as the network expands.

The present invention eliminates such drawbacks, and an object of the present invention is to provide a local area network having means for facilitating physical address management.

[0005]

According to the present invention, in a local area network equipped with an address registering means for registering a physical address used in data communication in advance, the address registering means is provided on a card read by a card reader. Information conversion means for converting information into a code suitable for the network, storage means for storing specific physical address information for an individual included in the code converted by the information conversion means, and management means on the network Control means for notifying the management means of the physical address information on the storage means in response to an address reference request from the.

[0006]

The network reads the physical address recorded on the ID card brought by the individual and sets the physical address on the LAN. This allows the network to be used anywhere.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an explanation of each functional unit in the network system.

As shown in FIG. 1, this embodiment is provided with an address registration means for previously registering a physical address used in data communication, and this address registration means stores the information on the card read by a card reader. Card information reading unit 1 for converting into a code suitable for the network
An address storage unit 2 for storing specific physical address information for an individual included in the code converted by the card information reading unit 1; and an address storage in response to an address reference request from the management means on the network. An ID card control unit 3 for notifying the management unit of the physical address information on the unit 2.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. The card information reading unit 1 reads the ID card information from the ID card reader and converts the ID card information into a code suitable for the system. The address storage unit 2 stores the physical address necessary for the network among the information read from the ID card. The ID card control unit 3 controls the card information reading unit 1 and the address storage unit 2, and when it recognizes that the ID card is connected to the ID card reader, it reads the card information to input the information of the ID card. Part 1 is notified of that fact, and card information reader 1
Then, the ID card information is read and the network address is notified to the address storage unit 2. When an address reference request is issued from the protocol of the network system, the physical address is referenced from the address storage unit 2 and the physical address is notified to the protocol.

FIG. 2 shows an embodiment of system operation on the network. Address management for each system is unnecessary because a specific physical address is assigned to an individual. As a result, it is possible to prevent an increase in the amount of information due to the expansion of the network, and it is possible to manage the physical address by personal management. Even if the LAN system is deployed in a distant place, large-scale L
Even if the AN system is deployed, since the physical address is associated with the individual by the ID card, the communication processing on the LAN can be easily performed by recognizing the individual name without recognizing the physical address of the other party. it can. As a personal name address recognition procedure, the host on the network manages the physical address of the individual, so that the LAN user can refer to the physical address information from the host and use it on the LAN.

[0011]

As described above, the present invention has an effect that physical address management can be easily performed and a system-independent network can be constructed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block configuration diagram showing a configuration of a system to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Card information reading unit 2 Address storage unit 3 ID card control unit

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A local area network comprising an address registration means for registering a physical address used in data communication in advance, wherein the address registration means is a code adapted to the information on the card read by a card reader for the network. Information conversion means for converting into physical information, storage means for storing specific physical address information for an individual included in the code converted by the information conversion means, and an address reference request from the management means on the network. A local area network comprising: control means for notifying the management means of the physical address information on the storage means.