Cisco Systems Inc.

Cisco Technology, Inc.

Jyoti Jain

Bhautik Doshi

Roy Nakashima

Madhavi Vulpala

Sudhir Kumar Jain

Nitya Sundareswaran

Dhananjay C Motwani

Vikram P Kumar

Techniques are provided to load balance point of presence traffic for a group of network devices, such as switches, that are configured to support network connectivity in a wired network for client devices that roam between wireless access points served by the respective switches. The point of presence traffic may tend to be allocated to a particular switch due to network topology, whereby the switch may be located at a building entrance and therefore receive the majority of new association requests for mobile devices entering the building. Load is monitored by each switch and load information is exchanged between the switches. Requests and responses are exchanged between the switches such that point of presence responsibility may be transferred to switches with a lighter load.

Detecting and mitigating overload on switches by wireless mobile client devices

Methods, apparatuses and systems directed to, or facilitating, the graphical display of status information in wireless network management systems. In one implementation, the present invention provides a graphical user interface that allows a network administrator to readily ascertain the overall status of a wireless network, and quickly identify the network element(s) within the network that are associated with any potential problem or condition. In another implementation, the present invention provides a graphical user interface that provides status icons that efficiently convey status information for corresponding access points. In another implementation, the present invention provides a hierarchical network model that facilitates network data management, configuration and display tasks associated with wireless network management systems.

Graphical display of status information in a wireless network management system

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Jyoti Jain