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Apparatus and method for managing bidirectional transmission of information between a wired network and at least one mobile communication unit (10) in wire less communication with the wired network. The wired network is of the type wherein users of the network are each assigned a unique network address such as in, for example, a TCP/IP network. In accordance with the invention there is provided a local gateway (16) cou pled between a wireless LAN and the wired network for communication with a mobile communication unit.

There is also provided a global gateway (18) coupled to the local gateway and to remote users of the network. The global gateway functions to maintain a plurality of network addresses and, in response to a request for an assignment of a network address from the mobile com munication unit, assigns one of the plurality of network addresses to the requesting mobile communication unit …