Patent Application
20090106401
1. Field of Invention
The invention relates to an Intra Network Internet Protocol (IP) address modification system and method for a dual controller.
2. Related Art
The major function and objective of a dual controller is to be linked between two computers, so that they can work collectively in cooperation, hereby achieving some specific tasks in a system. In a dual controller, direct communications between two controllers are realized through dual network cards. Wherein, the two pieces of network cards used for direction communication are referred to as intra network cards, while the network card that is connected directly onto the network of user by a dual controller to achieve communications to the outside world is referred to as an inter network card. However, for both the intra network card and inter network card, the communications are carried out through Transfer Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP).
When a dual-controller is activated, communication has to be carried out between the two controllers immediately, namely, an intra network based TCP connection is required to be established. Thus, a fixed and specific network section of Internet Protocol (IP) has to be reserved. In the prior art, at this time, a user is not allowed to set up an intra network IP at the same network section of an inter network card. In case that the same network section of IP is used for both the intra network and inter network, that would result in the consequence that the dual controller could fail to communicate with the outside world. In addition, in case that the user modifies the intra network IP in advance, that could cause the intra network based TCP connection between two controllers of a dual controller to be disconnected. Therefore, an intra network is a basis for the functions and operations of a dual controller, and if the connection between the two controllers of a dual controller established through intra network is disconnected, then the dual controller can not function normally and effectively. Thus, presently, the intra network IP is not allowed to be modified dynamically. As such, there exits the problem in the prior art that there are restrictions in setting up an inter network IP in a specific network section.
In view of the problems and shortcomings of the prior art, the objective of the invention is to provide an intra network internet protocol (IP) address modification system and method for a dual controller, that is capable of implementing dynamically the revision of intra network IP which the connection between the two controllers of a dual controller depends on indirectly, thus all the TCP connections between intra networks can be maintained without disruption or disconnection.
In addition, the invention provides an intra network internet protocol (IP) address modification system and method for a dual controller, such that in case that a user set inter network IP is intended to be located in the same network section as the intra network IP, then the intra network IP is dynamically modified, thus ensuring the TCP connections between the intra networks will not be disrupted or disconnected when the intra network IP is revised. Namely, the installation of inter network IP is not subject to any restrictions.
Therefore, the invention provides an intra network internet protocol (IP) address modification system and method for a dual controller, including a blockage/restoration module, an IP modification module, an address resolution protocol (ARP) buffer-storage modification module, and a portal modification module; herein, the blockage/restoration module is used to block/restore all the data transmission of the intra network based TCP connection between a local terminal and a remote terminal of a dual controller; the IP address modification module is used to modify IP address of the network card at local terminal (both remote terminal) of the intra network based TCP connection. The IP address modification module also modifying a routing table at the same time and store the modified IP address of local terminal and remote terminal in an IP storage chain table in a kernel. The ARP buffer-storage modification module is used to modify the corresponding remote terminal IP address of ARP buffer-storage, and modify the remote terminal IP address recorded in a corresponding MAC address according to the remote terminal IP address which is modified by the IP address modification module; and the portal modification module is used to modify the corresponding local (both remote) terminal IP address in a portal of intra network based TCP connection according to the local terminal IP address and remote terminal IP address which are revised by IP address modification module. And the local terminal IP address and the remote terminal IP address are stored in an IP storage chain table.
Preferably, the blockage/restoration module includes a user mode blockage/restoration module, a protocol blockage/restoration module, and a clock blockage/restoration module wherein, the user mode blockage/restoration module is used to block/restore data transmission in a user mode, the protocol blockage/restoration module is used to block/restore the data transmission of a protocol to the lower layer, and clock blockage/restoration module is used to block/restore an overtime clock and a keep-live clock of an intra network based TCP connection.
Moreover, the intra network IP modification system of the invention further includes a determination module, and that is used to determine whether the communication between the local terminal and the remote terminal of intra network based TCP connection is normal, before blocking/restoring the data transmission of an intranet based TCP connection by making use of a blockage/restoration module. Furthermore, an IP negotiation module may be included to proceed with negotiation between local terminal and remote terminal of intra network based TCP connection, and determine the local terminal IP and remote terminal IP to be revised by the IP address modification module based on a conflicting inter network IP of a dual controller.
Furthermore, the invention provides an intra network IP modification method for a dual controller, including the following steps: firstly, blocking simultaneously the data transmission of intra network based TCP connection for a local terminal and a remote terminal of intra network based TCP connection of a dual-controller; next, revising the network card IP of local terminal and remote terminal respectively of intra network based TCP connection, meanwhile, revising a routing table, and storing the revised local terminal IP address and remote terminal IP address in an IP storage chain table in a kernel. Then, revising the remote terminal IP address in an arp buffer-storage and the remote terminal IP address recorded in the corresponding MAC address, according to the revised local terminal IP address and remote terminal IP address. Subsequently, making corresponding modification in a protocol to a portal IP of intra network based TCP connection according to the revised local terminal IP address and remote terminal IP address, and storing the revised local terminal IP address and remote terminal IP address in an IP storage chain table; and finally, restoring data transmission of intra network based TCP connection simultaneously at all the local terminals and remote terminals of intra network based TCP connection.
In addition, the invention provides an intra network internet protocol (IP) modification method, including the following steps: firstly, blocking simultaneously the data transmission of an intra network based TCP connection for the local terminal and remote terminal of an intra network based TCP connection of a dual-controller; next, conducting negotiation between a local terminal and a remote terminal of the intra network based TCP connection, re-determining the IP addresses of local terminal and remote terminal of the intra network based TCP connection by means of a conflicting inter network IP of a dual-controller; then, modifying the network card IP address of the local terminal and remote terminal of an intra network based TCP connection, meanwhile, revising the routing table, and storing the revised local terminal IP address and remote terminal IP address in an IP storage chain table in kernel; subsequently, revising correspondingly the remote terminal IP address in an arp buffer-storage and revising the remote terminal IP address recorded in a corresponding MAC as a re-determined remote terminal IP address; then, revising correspondingly in a protocol the portal IP address of the intra network based TCP connection, and storing the revised local terminal IP address and remote terminal IP address in an IP storage chain table; and finally, restoring the data transmission for an intra network based TCP connection simultaneously at local terminal and remote terminal of an intra network based TCP connection.
In the invention, before the intra network IP address is properly modified, all the data transmission of intra network based TCP connection is temporarily blocked and stopped, hereby providing the prerequisites for dynamically modifying the intra network IP address, meanwhile ensuring that all the TCP connections between the intra networks during modification will not be disrupted and disconnected, as such ensuring the normal operation of the dual controller.
Furthermore, in case that it is intended to place the inter network IP address in the same network section as that of an intra network IP address, and since according to the invention, the intra network IP address can be modified dynamically, thus, the intra network IP address can be revised to avoid coming into conflict with inter network IP address, as such the inter network IP address can be placed and installed without any restrictions.
Further scope of applicability of the invention will become apparent from the detailed description given hereinafter. However, it should be understood that the detailed description and specific examples, while indicating preferred embodiments of the invention, are given by way of illustration only, since various changes and modifications within the spirit and scope of the invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art from this detailed description.
The invention will become more fully understood from the detailed description given herein below and that is for illustration only, and thus are not limitative of the present invention, and wherein:
The purpose, construction, features, and functions of the invention can be appreciated and understood more thoroughly through the following detailed description with reference to the attached drawings.
In the following, the characteristics and implementation of the invention will be described in detail through preferred embodiments together with the accompanying drawings.
Firstly, refer to
Upon the establishment of TCP connection, the portal (IP address & port number) of this connection is stored at local terminal. Therefore, when transmitting data utilizing this connection, a number of steps as shown in
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In the following, the intra network IP modification system and method for a dual-controller according to the invention are described in detail in conjunction with
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In the first place, upon setting up a TCP connection for a dual controller, a marking module 12 is utilized to add a function in the protocol for marking the intra network based connection. In establishing TCP connection, the related information has to be saved and restored. Thus, an information is added through the marking module 12 for identifying whether the connection is an intra network based TCP connection. As such, in the subsequent revision operations, all the intra network based TCP connections may be obtained easily through this marking.
The blockage/restoration module 14 is used to provide a protection just before the start and during the modification of intra network IP address, thus blocking all the data transmission of intra network based TCP connection, and only after the modification of intra network IP address and the restoration of normal communication, the blockage/restoration module 14 will restore all the data communications of the intra network based TCP connection. In blocking the data communication of the TCP connection, the blockage/restoration module 14 will first conduct negotiations at both ends of the TCP connection, namely the local terminal and remote terminal in realizing the blockage at the same time. And this module will resume data communication at both ends simultaneously after determining that the intra network IP modification has completed successfully.
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Similarly, the protocol blockage/restoration module 18 is used to block the data transmission of protocol just before the start and also during the modification of intra network IP address, namely, the TCP layer stops transmitting data to the lower layer; and the TCP layer will resume data transmission to lower layer only after the successful completion of the modification of intra network IP. The clock blockage/restoration module 20 is used to stop the overtime clock and keep-alive clock of intra network based TCP connection just before the start and also during the modification of intra network IP address, and will resume the operation of the above mentioned clocks after the successful modification of intra network IP address. The stoppage of overtime clock is to avoid the occurrence of blockage overtime. When not receiving data transmitted from other terminal, the TCP connection is used to check at regular time intervals if the remote terminal still exists and operational based on the keep-alive clock. As such, the clock blockage/restoration module 20 stops the operation of the keep-alive clock. The TCP connection will no longer execute the above-mentioned check. Thus, when data is transmitted to a remote terminal during blockage, the remote terminal will not consider this blockage has caused the disconnection of TCP connection.
The IP address modification module 24, ARP buffer storage modification module 26, and portal modification module 28 are used to perform modification or adjustment of the corresponding intra network IP address, after the termination of transmission data of local terminal and remote terminal of the intra network based TCP connection. The IP address modification module 24 is used to revise the local terminal IP address and remote terminal IP address of an intra network based TCP connection, meanwhile revising the routing table, such as revising the intranet network card IP's at both ends, and also the record in a routing table through a command (ifconfig,ip) or an IOCEL function. Herein, the revised IP's are stored in a chain table in kernel. While this chain table in kernel keeps all the IP's of the system. Upon completing the revision of intra network IP address by IP modification module 24, the new IP's are stored in that chain table in the kernel.
The ARP buffer-storage modification module 26 is used to revise remote terminal IP under the direction of IP address modification module 24, revise correspondingly the remote terminal IP and the remote terminal IP recorded in corresponding MAC address. For example, the ARP buffer storage can be revised through an order of ARP. The portal modification module 28 is used to revise the network card IP address of intra network of local terminal and remote terminal under the direction of IP modification module 24, revise correspondingly in a protocol the local terminal IP address and remote terminal IP address in a portal of intra network based TCP connection. When establishing a TCP connection, the controllers at both ends will store the portal of this connection in the respective protocols (IP address and port number of the local terminal, and IP address and port number of the remote terminal). Thus, when portal modification module 28 making revisions, it revises the IP in the portal.
The determination module 30 is used to determine if the revised IP address is able to function normally after the modification of intra network IP, namely, determine if the local terminal and remote terminal of intra network based TCP connection may communicate normally to each other. The determination module 30 may conduct checking through a ping order, and in case that the two ends of intra network may ping communicate to each other, then it is determined that the revised IP address may enable intra network to communicate normally.
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Firstly, in the system of the respective controllers, reserving a number of (larger than 4 network sections) groups of network sections of IP address (it has to be the network section reserved in IPv4), wherein, each group contains two IP's. In setting up an inter network IP by a user, the controller receives request from the user for comparing the reserved IP network section with the network section of inter network set up by the user, hereby selecting a network section of IP address that is not the same as that of all the inter network IP's. As such, selecting and obtaining two IP address, one of them is used to set up the intra network IP address of the present system utilized at local terminal, and the other is transmitted to the remote terminal for informing it to revise the intra network IP address according to the transmitted IP address.
Subsequently, refer to
In the following, the intra network IP address modification method for a dual controller of the invention is described in conjunction with
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Supposing that at this time, the user would like to set up the inter network IP at network section 10.0.0.0, then the current intra network IP address is required to be modified and adjusted. The following is a description of the steps of a flowchart of the intra network IP modification method for a dual controller according to an embodiment of the invention in conjunction with
Firstly, upon establishing TCP connection of a dual controller, a marking can be placed in a protocol for the intra network based TCP connection (step 202). In establishing a TCP connection, some of the connection related information must be kept and stored, thus, an additional item of information is added to mark and indicate that if it is an intra network based TCP connection, hereby facilitating to obtain all the intra network based TCP connections for used in the subsequent revision operations.
Subsequently, conducting negotiation between the local terminal controller 42 and remote terminal controller 44, thus blocking simultaneously the transmission of data through all the intra network based TCP connections. This operation is performed just before the start and also during the modification of intra network IP to invoke the connection protection function. The action of blocking data transmission of intra network connection can be divided into three steps: Firstly, blocking data transmission in user mode, namely, stopping receiving data of user mode (step 206). Next, for the synchronous connection between user mode and protocol, since it is in user mode, the synchronous connection has temporal restrictions on the return values of protocol. Thus, the protocol is made to send incessantly return values for retrial to the user mode process. For the asynchronous connection between user mode and protocol, in this case since it is in user mode, the asynchronous connection has no temporal restrictions on the return values of protocol, thus keeping the protocol waiting in a kernel mode, and will not send return values to the user. Subsequently, blocking the protocol from executing data transmission, namely, TCP layer is made to stop data transmission to the lower layers (step 207). And finally, stop the overtime clock and keep-alive clock of intra network based TCP connection (step 208). The stoppage of overtime clock is to avoid the occurrence of blockage overtime. When not receiving data transmitted from other end, the TCP connection is used to check at regular time intervals if the remote terminal still exists and operational by utilizing the keep-alive clock. As such, in this step the keep-alive clock is made to stop. The TCP connection will no longer execute the above-mentioned check. Thus when data is transmitted to a remote terminal during blockage, the remote terminal will not consider the blockage has caused the disruption and disconnection of TCP connection.
When the inter network IP is intended to be located in the same network section as the current intra network IP address, then negotiation is required between local terminal and remote terminal of intra network based TCP connection, thus determining the intra network IP address to be revised based on the conflicting inter network IP address (step 210). The negotiation principle for the two ends of intra network is that, the network section of a new intra network must not be the same as that of the inter network, and it has to be in the IPv4 reservation address space. Therefore, a plurality of IP's and a mask have to be reserved in the IPv4 reservation address space, and a pair of IP address and the mask that are not at the same network section of the conflicting inter network IP are selected from the IPv4 reservation address space, hereby determining the intra network IP address and inter network IP address to be revised.
The intra network IP negotiation algorithm mentioned above will be described in detail as follows: Firstly, in the system of the respective controllers, reserving a number of (larger than 4 network sections) groups of IP network sections (it has to be the network section reserved in IPv4), wherein, each group contains two IP's. In setting up an inter network IP address by a user, the controller receives request from the user for comparing the reserved IP network section with the network section of inter network set up by the user, hereby selecting a network section of IP address that is not the same as that of all the inter network IP's. As such, selecting and obtaining two IP's, one of them is used to set up the intra network IP address of the present system utilized at local terminal, and the other is transmitted to the remote terminal for informing it to modify the intra network IP address according to the transmitted IP address.
Supposing that, through the above-mentioned negotiation step, it is determined that, the revised intra network IP's for local terminal and remote terminal are 11.0.0.1 and 11.0.0.2 respectively, and the masking code is 255.255.0.0.
Upon determining the intra network IP is to be revised, executing the corresponding intra network IP modification or adjustments required. Firstly, modifying the local terminal IP address and remote terminal IP address of the intra network based TCP connection, meanwhile, revising the routing table (step 212), such as, revising the record in a intranet network card IP address and routing table at local and remote terminals by means of a command (ifconfig,ip) or a IOCTL function. In revising the intra network IP address by means of an ifconfig command, at the same time the broadcast of system arp is closed and stopped, and it will be re-opened and resumed after the completion of IP modification. In kernel is provided a chain table for keeping all the IP's of the system. Upon completion of intra network IP modification through the afore-mentioned command, the new intra network IP address will be stored in this chain table in kernel for keeping all the P's. Moreover, the IP address in a configuration file for intra network (under “/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/”) is also revised to the newly revised IP address. As such, when the system is reactivated, the intra network IP address is the newly revised IP address.
Then, revising correspondingly the remote terminal IP address in ARP buffer storage, and the remote terminal IP recorded in the corresponding MAC according to the remote terminal IP determined (step 124). By way of example, an ARP buffer storage can be revised through an ARP command, such as, revising the remote terminal IP address of an ARP buffer storage as 11.0.0.2. Subsequently, modifying in the protocol the corresponding local terminal IP address and remote terminal IP address in a portal of intra network based TCP connection according to the re-determined intranet network cards of local terminal and remote terminal (step 216). In establishing a TCP connection, the controllers at both ends will store the portal of this connection in the respective local protocols (local end IP and port, and remote terminal IP address and port number). Thus in making a modification, it is the IP in the portal that is modified. For example, the intra network IP address of local terminal controller 42 is modified as 11.0.0.1, while the intra network IP address of remote terminal controller 44 is modified as 11.0.0.2.
Upon completion of intra network IP address modification, then it can be checked and examined through a ping command, so as to determine whether the modified IP may function normally, namely to determine that if the local terminal and remote terminal of the intra network based TCP connection may communicate to each other normally at this time (step 218). If it is determined that the TCP connection may function normally, then resuming the data transmission of intra network based TCP connection, and informing the kernel mode protocol to resume data transmission (step 220). The restoration of data transmission of intra network based TCP connection includes: restoration of the operations of overtime clock and keep-alive clock, restoration of transmission of data from the protocol to the lower layers, and the restoration of data transmission from user mode to protocol. Finally, resuming the transmission of data in normal communication conditions (step 222).
As such, through the application of the above-mentioned steps of the intra network IP modification method of the invention, the communications of all intra network based TCP connections of a dual controller are carried out by making use of the newly revised intra network IP address. Therefore, through the application of the invention, it can be ensured that not only the intra network IP address can be adjusted dynamically under the condition without having to interrupt the intra network based TCP connection, but the intra network IP address can also be modified correspondingly based on a conflicting inter network IP set by a user. As such, the set-up of inter network IP address is in no way affected and restricted by the intra network IP.
The invention being thus described, it will be obvious that the same may be varied in many ways. Such variations are not to be regarded as a departure from the spirit and scope of the invention, and all such modifications as would be obvious to one skilled in the art are intended to be included within the scope of the following claims.
