Tallac Networks, Inc.

Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.p.

William R Johnson

Paul T Congdon

Chuck A Black

Mauricio Sanchez

Ali Ezzet

David Malicoat

An apparatus such as a network switch includes a power supply device configured to control power supplied through ports such as Ethernet ports to the network devices such as wireless access portions that are part of a local network. The apparatus further includes a second power supply device with one or more switched outlets for providing direct power other devices of the local network. A controller in the apparatus may be programmed to control the power supply devices to execute to a diagnostic procedure or a reset procedure that cycles power, off and then on, to devices of the local network.

Network and switch providing controllable power through outlets and communication ports

A probe request from a wireless station can cause the access point to contact a roaming enablement service and alter the services accessible through the access point. The roaming enablement service can identify preferred services of the wireless station and mediate automated negotiations between the access point and a service provider to determine whether the access point may provide a service from the service provider. Upon successful negotiations, the brokerage service can enable the access point to provide access to the preferred services.

Initializing network advertisements from probe requests

One embodiment disclosed relates to a network device that includes at least one port to connect to a network and at least one throttle that limits a rate of connections made from the device. An auto-adaptive thresholding mechanism determines a threshold for the throttle. The mechanism may be tunable to various aggressiveness levels. Another embodiment disclosed relates to a network apparatus including multiple ports capable of making connections and multiple throttle instantiations. Each throttle instantiation is associated with a port or group of ports. Threshold levels for each throttle instantiation are independently set. The ports may be physical ports or may be logical ports.

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Meadow Vista, CA, United States of America

William R Johnson