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An apparatus (110, 101), method, system (100) and system method provide for distributed internetwork routing of information in a communication system (100). The communication system (100) is characterized by a topology having a primary node connected to a first network, such as the Internet, and con

An apparatus (110, 101), method, system (100) and system method provide for distributed internetwork routing of information in a communication system (100). The communication system (100) is characterized by a topology having a primary node connected to a first network, such as the Internet, and connected via an intermediate network to a mulitplicity of secondary nodes, which are further connected via a secondary network to a plurality of terminals, such as personal computers. The apparatus (110, 101), method, system and system method provide for routing of information between the primary node and the terminals independently of and transparently to any internetwork address of a secondary node. The apparatus (110, 101), method, system and system method conserve internetwork addresses by utilizing internetwork addresses only for a primary node and for terminals.

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[ We claim:] [1.] A method for a system of distributed internetwork routing of information in a communication system, the communication system having a plurality of terminals in communication with a primary node via a plurality of secondary nodes, the secondary nodes coupled to the primary node via

[ We claim:] [1.] A method for a system of distributed internetwork routing of information in a communication system, the communication system having a plurality of terminals in communication with a primary node via a plurality of secondary nodes, the secondary nodes coupled to the primary node via an intermediate media access control network, each terminal coupled to a secondary node via a secondary media access control network, the method comprising:(a) assigning a first internetwork protocol address of a plurality of internetwork protocol addresses to a terminal of the plurality of terminals,(b) assigning a second internetwork protocol address of the plurality of internetwork protocol addresses to the primary node; and(c) transferring information between the terminal and the primary node, via a secondary node of the plurality of secondary nodes, independently of any internetwork protocol address of the secondary node.