Connecting a cloud network to the internet

Abstract

Briefly, methods and/or apparatuses of connecting a private network to the Internet are described.

1 .- 73 . (canceled) 
     
     
         74 . A method comprising: managing without human intervention a private network that includes a logical broadcast domain and a remote network device, wherein signal packets between the logical broadcast domain and the remote network device are transmitted via a tunnel server; wherein the managing the private network comprises managing the network device remote with respect to the logical broadcast domain, including managing signal packet communications to and/or from the network device remote with respect to the logical broadcast domain. 
     
     
         75 . The method of  claim 74 , and further comprising a controller, wherein the controller provisions at least another tunnel server at least for a period of time, wherein the managing the network device remote with respect to the logical broadcast domain includes managing paths of signal packet communications to and/or from the network device remote with respect to the logical broadcast domain via the tunnel servers. 
     
     
         76 . The method of  claim 75 , wherein the paths of signal packet communications to and/or from the network device remote with respect to the logical broadcast domain via the tunnel servers are managed based at least in part on one or more of the following: cost, capability, efficiency, compatibility, resources, proximity, security, load balancing, fault tolerance, redundancy or any combinations thereof. 
     
     
         77 . The method of  claim 74  and further comprising multiple additional network devices remote with respect to the logical broadcast domain, wherein at least some of the multiple additional network devices remote with respect to the logical broadcast domain are included in the private network and wherein remaining devices of the multiple additional network devices remote with respect to the logical broadcast domain are included in other networks; wherein the at least some of the multiple additional network devices remote with respect to the logical broadcast domain are managed along with the network device remote with respect to the logical broadcast domain as part of the private network and wherein the remaining devices are managed as part of other networks. 
     
     
         78 . The method of  claim 77 , wherein the managing the multiple additional network devices remote with respect to the logical broadcast domain includes managing the paths of signal packet communications to and/or from the multiple additional network devices remote with respect to the logical broadcast domain via the tunnel server. 
     
     
         79 . The method of  claim 78 , and further comprising a controller, wherein the controller provisions at least another tunnel server at least for a period of time, wherein the managing the multiple additional network devices remote with respect to the logical broadcast domain includes managing the paths of signal packet communications to and/or from the multiple additional network devices remote with respect to the logical broadcast domain via the tunnel servers. 
     
     
         80 . The method of  claim 79 , wherein the paths of signal packet communications to and/or from the multiple additional network devices remote with respect to the logical broadcast domain via the tunnel servers are managed based at least in part on one or more of the following: cost, capability, efficiency, compatibility, resources, proximity, security, load balancing, fault tolerance, redundancy or any combinations thereof. 
     
     
         81 . The method of  claim 80 , wherein the managing the paths of signal packet communications to and/or from the multiple additional network devices remote with respect to the logical broadcast domain via the tunnel servers includes employing more than one tunnel server for signal packet communications between any one of the multiple additional network devices remote with respect to the logical broadcast domain and another network device based at least in part on one or more of the following: cost, capability, efficiency, compatibility, resources, proximity, security, load balancing, fault tolerance, redundancy or any combinations thereof. 
     
     
         82 . The method of  claim 81 , wherein the employing more than one tunnel server for signal packet communications between any one of the multiple additional network devices remote with respect to the logical broadcast domain and another network device includes concurrently employing more than one tunnel server for signal packet communications between any one of the multiple additional network devices remote with respect to the logical broadcast domain and another network device based at least in part on one or more of the following: cost, capability, efficiency, compatibility, resources, proximity, security, load balancing, fault tolerance, redundancy or any combinations thereof. 
     
     
         83 . The method of  claim 77 , wherein each of the network devices remote with respect to the logical broadcast domain comprises a separate logical broadcast domain. 
     
     
         84 . The method of  claim 77 , wherein at least one of the other networks comprises another private network managed without human intervention. 
     
     
         85 . The method of  claim 77 , wherein at least one of the other networks is managed by a different controller. 
     
     
         86 . The method of  claim 74 , wherein the remote network device comprises a separate logical broadcast domain, wherein the logical broadcast domain comprises a network device remote with respect to the separate logical broadcast domain and wherein managing comprises managing the remote network device and managing the network device remote with respect to the separate logical broadcast domain. 
     
     
         87 . The method of  claim 86 , wherein the logical broadcast domain comprises another network device remote with respect to the separate logical broadcast domain; and wherein managing further includes also managing the another network device remote with respect to the separate logical broadcast domain. 
     
     
         88 . A system comprising: one or more servers; the one or more servers to manage without human intervention a private network that includes a logical broadcast domain and a remote network device, including a capability to manage signal packet transmissions via a tunnel server to and/or from the network device remote with respect to the logical broadcast domain. 
     
     
         89 . The system of  claim 88 , and further comprising multiple additional network devices remote with respect to the logical broadcast domain, wherein at least some of the multiple additional network devices remote with respect to the logical broadcast domain are included in the private network; wherein the one or more servers further include the capability to manage the at least some of the multiple additional network devices remote with respect to the logical broadcast domain along with the network device remote with respect to the logical broadcast domain as part of the private network. 
     
     
         90 . The system of  claim 89 , and further comprising a controller, wherein the controller is capable of provisioning at least another tunnel server at least for a period of time, wherein the one or more servers further include the capability to manage paths of signal packet communications to and/or from the multiple additional network devices remote with respect to the logical broadcast domain via the tunnel servers. 
     
     
         91 . The system of  claim 90 , wherein the one or more servers further include the capability to manage the paths of signal packet communications to and/or from the multiple additional network devices remote with respect to the logical broadcast domain via the tunnel servers based at least in part on one or more of the following: cost, capability, efficiency, compatibility, resources, proximity, security, load balancing, fault tolerance, redundancy or any combinations thereof. 
     
     
         92 . The system of  claim 91 , wherein the one or more servers further include the capability to manage the paths of signal packet communications to and/or from the multiple additional network devices remote with respect to the logical broadcast domain via more than one tunnel server, including at times concurrently, between any one of the multiple additional network devices remote with respect to the logical broadcast domain and another network device based at least in part on one or more of the following: cost, capability, efficiency, compatibility, resources, proximity, security, load balancing, fault tolerance, redundancy or any combinations thereof. 
     
     
         93 . An article comprising: a non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon instructions executable by a computing device to manage without human intervention a private network that includes a logical broadcast domain and a remote network device, wherein the executable instructions further include a capability to manage signal packet transmissions via a tunnel server to and/or from the network device remote with respect to the logical broadcast domain. 
     
     
         94 . The article of  claim 93 , wherein the executable instructions further include the capability to manage at least some multiple additional network devices remote with respect to the logical broadcast domain along with the network device remote with respect to the logical broadcast domain as part of the private network. 
     
     
         95 . The article of  claim 94 , wherein the executable instructions further include the capability to manage the paths of signal packet communications to and/or from the at least some multiple additional network devices remote with respect to the logical broadcast domain via one or more tunnel servers. 
     
     
         96 . The article of  claim 95 , wherein the executable instructions further include the capability to manage the paths of signal packet communications to and/or from the at least some multiple additional network devices remote with respect to the logical broadcast domain via the one or more tunnel servers based at least in part on one or more of the following: cost, capability, efficiency, compatibility, resources, proximity, security, load balancing, fault tolerance, redundancy or any combinations thereof. 
     
     
         97 . The article of  claim 96 , wherein the executable instructions further include the capability to manage the paths of signal packet communications to and/or from the multiple additional network devices remote with respect to the logical broadcast domain via more than one tunnel server, including at times concurrently, between any one of the multiple additional network devices remote with respect to the logical broadcast domain and another network device based at least in part on one or more of the following: cost, capability, efficiency, compatibility, resources, proximity, security, load balancing, fault tolerance, redundancy or any combinations thereof.