An internet protocol address converting apparatus has an address acquiring
unit for acquiring a first private IP address in a first IP address
format by connecting to a DHCP server that dynamically allots the IP
address, and also acquiring a second private IP address for the second
terminal; a network address providing unit for allotting the second
terminal with a network address to generate a global IP address; a
storing unit for storing a mapping table, the mapping table saving the
second private IP address of the second terminal and the global IP
address; an address converting unit for converting the second private IP
address into the global IP address; and a control unit for performing an
announcing, requesting a registration of the second terminal to a master
server.