Equipment management method and device, communication equipment and storage medium

The invention provides an equipment management method and device, communication equipment and a storage medium, belongs to the technical field of communication, and is used for reducing the workload of network management equipment and improving the performance of a network system. The method comprises the steps of receiving a first management message sent by network management equipment, wherein adestination IP address of the first management message is a public network IP address of gateway equipment; determining whether a destination equipment identifier carried by the first management message is an equipment identifier of the gateway equipment or not; if so, responding to the first management message to execute a management operation corresponding to the first management message; if not, determining a first private network IP address corresponding to the target equipment identifier; converting the first management message into a second management message conforming to a predetermined network management pro