Disclosed in the present invention is a method for supporting mobility of
a mobile node between subnetworks in a wireless local area network that
includes a plurality of subnetworks networked through Internet and
assigns a different Internet protocol (IP) address to the plural
subnetworks, respectively, the method comprising the steps of: if the
mobile node moves arbitrarily to a second subnetwork from a first
subnetwork during communication, broadcasting a first message, in which a
foreign mobile access server (MAS) of the second subnetwork includes the
mobile node's medium access control (MAC) address; acquiring, at a home
mobile access server of the first subnetwork, an address of the foreign
mobile access server from the first message, and then transmitting a
second message including an address of the home mobile access server and
an Internet protocol address of the mobile node to the foreign mobile
access server in reply to the first message; and routing, at the foreign
mobile access server and the home mobile access server, the mobile node's
data by using the other party's address.