A method of enabling roaming of a mobile internet-access terminal from a
first to a second internet access network each of which has a home agent
for routing internet datagrams between networks. The method comprises
de-registering the mobile terminal from said first network and registering
it with said second network and allocating to the mobile terminal a new
internet address in said second network. This new internet address is
transmitted to the first network's home agent which registers that address
as a care-of-address or co-located care-of-address for the mobile host.
Datagrams addressed to the new internet address are sent directly to the
mobile host via the second network's home agent. Datagrams addressed to a
previous internet address of the mobile terminal in said first network are
forwarded from that network's home agent to the mobile host, via the
second network's home agent.