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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2017
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Nishant Ranjan, Bangalore, IN;
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An aspect includes receiving a data packet and a destination address at a network endpoint that includes a plurality of network interfaces each configured for connection to a different router, one of the routers a default gateway router for the network endpoint. One of the network interfaces is selected for sending the data packet to the destination address based on a cost associated with sending the data packet to the destination address using a router connected to the selected network interface. The data packet is sent to the destination address using the router connected to the selected network interface, and the cost associated with sending the data packet to the destination address using any of the plurality of network interfaces is updated when the router connected to the selected network interface is the default gateway router.