Configuration settings management in a network environment
A configuration resource automatically synchronizes configuration settings associated with one or more communication resources disposed in a respective subscriber domain. For example, a communication resource such as communication device operated by the subscriber initiates a change to configuration settings associated with a first communication resource disposed in a subscriber domain. The first communication resource notifies the auto-configuration resource of the new configuration settings applied to the first communication resource. The auto-configuration resource identifies one or more other communication resources disposed in the subscriber domain. To ensure synchronization of the communication resources in the subscriber domain, in response to receiving notification of the new configuration settings applied to at least one communication resource and the subscriber domain, the auto-configuration resource initiates modification of configuration settings associated with the one or more other communication resources in the subscriber domain.
1. A method comprising:
receiving a communication indicating a new configuration setting, the communication received from a particular subscriber domain over a communication link shared by multiple subscriber domains;
in response to receiving the communication, accessing subscriber information assigned to the particular subscriber domain;
via the subscriber information, identifying that the particular subscriber domain includes a first communication device and a second communication device, the first communication device being a first wireless access point, the second communication device being a second wireless access point; and
synchronizing configuration settings of the first communication device and the second communication device in accordance with the new configuration setting;
wherein synchronizing the configuration settings includes applying the new configuration setting to both the first communication device and the second communication device; and
wherein applying the new configuration setting to both the first communication device and the second communication device includes: communicating the new configuration setting over the shared communication link to both the first communication device and the second communication device; and
wherein synchronizing configuration settings of the first communication device and the second communication device includes: replacing use of a current version of configuration settings of the first communication device with use of the new configuration setting; and
replacing use of a current version of configuration settings of the second communication device with use of the new configuration setting.
2. The method as in claim 1 further comprising:
via analyzing the received communication, identifying that the communication was received from the particular subscriber domain.
3. The method as in claim 2 , wherein analyzing the received communication comprises:
obtaining network address information from the received communication; and
via the network address information, identifying that the communication was received from the particular subscriber domain.
4. The method as in claim 3 , wherein the communication is received from the first communication device in the subscriber domain, the new configuration setting applied to modify settings of the first communication device; and
wherein synchronizing configuration settings includes transmitting the new configuration setting to the second communication device.
5. The method as in claim 3 further comprising:
receiving the communication through a communication interface disposed in the subscriber domain, each of the first communication device and the second communication device being a respective wireless access point providing mobile communication devices in the subscriber domain wireless access to a remote network through the communication interface.
6. The method as in claim 1 further comprising:
receiving the communication as input to a browser application executed by a user controlling the configuration settings in the particular subscriber domain, the user providing the new configuration setting for application to both the first communication device and the second communication device.
7. The method as in claim 1 , wherein the communication indicating the new configuration setting is received over the shared communication link by a remote server disparately located with respect to the particular subscriber domain, the remote server operable to control operation of the first communication device and the second communication device.
8. The method as in claim 1 , wherein synchronizing configuration settings of the first communication device and the second communication device includes:
communicating a command including the new configuration setting over the shared communication link to both the first communication device and the second communication device.
9. The method as in claim 8 , wherein communication of the command including the new configuration setting over the shared communication link to the first communication device prompts the first communication device to replace an old configuration setting of the first communication device with the new configuration setting; and
wherein communication of the command including the new configuration setting over the shared communication link to the second communication device prompts the second communication device to replace an old configuration setting of the second communication device with the new configuration setting.
10. The method as in claim 1 , wherein the subscriber information assigned to the particular subscriber domain is accessed from a repository that is disparately located with respect to the particular subscriber domain.
11. The method as in claim 1 , wherein the new configuration setting is different than a current configuration setting of the first communication device and the second communication device.
12. The method as in claim 1 , wherein the first communication device and the second communication device are operable to communicate through a communication interface of the subscriber domain to provide a mobile communication device in the subscriber domain access to a remote network through the shared communication link; and
wherein synchronizing further comprises: transmitting a command over the shared communication link through the communication interface of the particular subscriber domain to the first communication device and the second communication device, the command including the new configuration setting.
13. The method as in claim 1 , wherein receiving the communication comprises receiving the communication from a web browser executing on a computer device operated by a user in the particular subscriber domain.
14. The method as in claim 1 , wherein the communication indicates that the new configuration setting was applied to the first communication device;
wherein the first wireless access point is operable to provide a communication device in the particular subscriber domain access to a remote network over the shared communication link; and
wherein the second wireless access point is operable to provide the communication device in the particular subscriber domain access to the remote network over the shared communication link.
15. The method as in claim 1 , wherein the communication indicating the new configuration setting is received over the shared communication link by a remote server disparately located with respect to the particular subscriber domain, the remote server operable to control operation of the first communication device and the second communication device.
16. The method as in claim 15 , wherein synchronizing the configuration settings includes:
detecting that the new configuration setting was applied to the first communication device;
mapping the first communication device to the second communication device; and
applying the new configuration setting to the second communication device.
17. The method as in claim 16 , wherein applying the new configuration setting to the second communication device includes: communicating the new configuration setting through the shared communication link to the second communication device.
18. The method as in claim 4 , wherein the configuration setting is a wireless access point name assigned to the first communication device; and
wherein transmission of the new configuration setting to the second communication device sets a name of the second communication device to the wireless access point name assigned to the first communication device.
19. A computer system comprising:
computer processor hardware; and
a hardware storage resource coupled to the computer processor hardware, the hardware storage resource storing instructions that, when executed by the computer processor hardware, causes the computer processor hardware to:
receive a communication indicating a new configuration setting, the communication received from a particular subscriber domain over a communication link shared by multiple subscriber domains;
in response to receiving the communication, access subscriber information assigned to the particular subscriber domain;
via the subscriber information, identifying that the particular subscriber domain includes a first communication device and a second communication device; and
synchronize configuration settings of the first communication device and the second communication device in accordance with the new configuration setting;
wherein synchronizing the configuration settings includes applying the new configuration setting to both the first communication device and the second communication device; and
wherein applying the new configuration setting to both the first communication device and the second communication device includes: communicating the new configuration setting over the shared communication link to both the first communication device and the second communication device; and
wherein synchronizing configuration settings of the first communication device and the second communication device results in: replacing use of a current version of configuration settings of the first communication device with use of the new configuration setting; and replacing use of a current version of configuration settings of the second communication device with use of the new configuration setting.
20. The computer system as in claim 19 , wherein the computer processor hardware is further operable to:
analyze the received communication to identify the particular subscriber domain amongst the multiple subscriber domains.
21. The computer system as in claim 20 , wherein the computer processor hardware is further operable to:
obtain network address information from the received communication; and
via the network address information, identify that the communication was received from the particular subscriber domain.
22. The computer system as in claim 21 , wherein the communication is received from the first communication device in the subscriber domain, the new configuration setting applied to modify settings of the first communication device, the first communication device being a first wireless access point disposed in the subscriber domain; and
wherein the computer processor hardware is further operable to transmit the new configuration setting to the second communication device, the second communication device being a second wireless access point.
23. The computer system as in claim 21 , wherein the computer processor hardware is further operable to:
receive the communication through a communication interface disposed in the subscriber domain, each of the first communication device and the second communication device providing mobile communication devices in the subscriber domain wireless access to a remote network through the communication interface.
24. The computer system as in claim 19 , wherein the computer processor hardware is further operable to:
receive the communication as input to a browser application executed by a user controlling the configuration settings in the particular subscriber domain, the user providing the new configuration setting for application to both the first communication device and the second communication device.
25. A system comprising:
a first communication device;
a second communication device, the first communication device and the second communication device operated in a subscriber domain;
a controller operable to:
receive a communication indicating a new configuration setting to be implemented in the subscriber domain, the communication received over a communication link;
in response to receiving the communication, access subscriber information assigned to the subscriber domain;
via the subscriber information, identify that the subscriber domain includes the second communication device; and
wherein the controller is further operative to synchronize configuration settings via application of the new configuration setting to both the first communication device and the second communication device;
wherein application of the new configuration setting to both the first communication device and the second communication device includes: communication of the new configuration setting over the communication link to both the first communication device and the second communication device; and
wherein application of the new configuration setting results in: replacement of using a current version of configuration settings of the first communication device with using the new configuration setting; and replacement of using a current version of configuration settings of the second communication device with using the new configuration setting.
26. The system as in claim 25 , wherein the controller is operable to communicate the new configuration setting to the second communication device in response to detecting that the new configuration setting was applied to the first communication device.
27. The system as in claim 25 , wherein the new configuration setting is applied by a user in the subscriber domain to the first communication device.
28. The system as in claim 25 , wherein the controller is further operable to communicate the new configuration setting to the second communication device to change a corresponding setting of the second communication device in response to application of the new configuration setting to the first communication device.
29. The system as in claim 25 , wherein the controller is further operable to:
detect that the new configuration setting was applied to the first communication device;
map the first communication device to the second communication device; and
generate a command, execution of the command configuring the second communication device with the new configuration setting.
30. The system as in claim 25 , wherein the controller is further operable to:
synchronize configuration settings of the first communication device and the second communication device via application of the new configuration setting to the second communication device.
31. The system as in claim 25 , wherein the controller is further operable to:
process the received communication to retrieve network address information;
via the network address information, identify that the communication was transmitted through a communication interface of the subscriber domain in which the first communication device resides; and
map an identity of the first communication device to the second communication device.
32. The system as in claim 25 , wherein the first communication device is a first wireless access point operated in the subscriber domain; and
wherein the second communication device is a second wireless access point operated in the subscriber domain.
33. The system as in claim 32 , wherein the new configuration setting is a new name initially applied to the first wireless access point operated in the subscriber domain; and
wherein the controller is further operable to apply the new configuration setting to the second wireless access point in response to application of the new name to the first wireless access point.
34. The system as in claim 25 , wherein the new configuration setting is a new name initially applied to the first communication device, application of the new name to the second communication device indicating that the first communication device and the second communication device are part of a common network.