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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2018
Filed:
May. 12, 2016
Marvell World Trade Ltd., St. Michael, BB;
Paul A. Lambert, Mountain View, CA (US);
Anup Kulkarni, Maharashtra, IN;
Marvell World Trade Ltd., St. Michael, BB;
Abstract
According to an aspect, an access point data processing apparatus includes: a cache memory to store internetwork addresses of an internetwork in association with local network addresses of a local computing device network; and processor electronics configured to receive a client network address of a client device to be connected with the internetwork through the access point, select one of the local network addresses to associate with the client network address of the client device, store the client network address in the cache memory in association with the selected one of the local network addresses, identify an internetwork addresses associated with the selected one of the local network addresses, provide the identified internetwork address to the client device, and direct network communications to and from the client device in accordance with the association between the client network address and the selected one of the local network addresses.