Cisco Technology, Inc.

Ami Schieber

Sharon Schwartzman

Jeremy Stieglitz

Arthur Zavalkovsky

Victoria Inbar

Vicktoria Inbar

A computer-implemented method is provided for processing access requests in an AAA network. The method includes receiving an access request from a network device, identifying, based upon the access request, an authentication mechanism for facilitating AAA services for the network device and selecting, based on the identified authentication mechanism, a particular server from a plurality of servers that is compatible with the identified authentication mechanism.

Selection of authentication servers based on authentication mechanisms in supplicant attempts to access network resources

A method and apparatus for managing and balancing wireless access based on centralized information is provided. A request to provide service to a wireless client is received from a first access node in a plurality of access node. An access policy, applicable to the first access node, is selected from a plurality of stored policies. The stored policies may include a variety of rules, such as how many or which wireless clients may be serviced by an access node. A centralized manager, such as an AAA server, may perform the selection of the access policy. A determination is made as to whether to allow the first access node to provide service to the wireless client based on the selected access policy. A message that instructs the first access node whether to provide or deny service to the wireless client is transmitted to the first access node.

Balancing wireless access based on centralized information

Method and apparatus for selection of authentication servers based on the authentication mechanisms in supplicant attempts to access network resources

The invention provides a method and apparatus for improving reliability and availability of a load balanced server. The apparatus performs and the method provides the steps of monitoring the server's performance; detecting when the server's performance is worse than a failover threshold; and sending a message to one or more clients indicating that the one or more clients should failover to an alternate server.

Improving reliability and availability of a load balanced server

Method and apparatus for balancing wireless access based on centralized information

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Ramat Gan, Israel

Ami Schieber