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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2020
Filed:
May. 30, 2019
Ale Usa Inc., Calabasas, CA (US);
Abhishek Sinha, Bangalore North, IN;
Sandeep Kumar, Bangalore, IN;
ALE USA INC., Calabasas, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and system are devised of moving at a NAS () a client () with a MAC address, from a first VLAN to a second VLAN. A leaf is comprised of at least one intermediate L2 bridge/switch () being connected to the NAS (). The client () is being connected to one () of the at least one intermediate L2 bridge/switches () in the leaf. The method and system involve sending at the NAS () a first message downlink () to intermediate L2 bridge/switches () in the leaf directly connected to the NAS. They further involve at each intermediate L2 bridge/switch () in the leaf: upon receiving the first message from uplink from the NAS () or an intermediate L2 bridge/switch () in the leaf, determining whether the client () is directly or indirectly connected to one of its ports; and if it is directly connected, bouncing the port to which the client () is connected, and sending a second message uplink to the NAS () or an intermediate L2 bridge/switch () in the leaf; if it is indirectly connected, sending the first message downlink on the port to which the client () is indirectly connected to an intermediate L2 bridge/switches () in the leaf; and if it is not connected, sending a third message uplink to the NAS () or an intermediate L2 bridge/switch () in the leaf. They further involve at each intermediate L2 bridge/switch () in the leaf: upon receiving the second or third message from downlink from an intermediate L2 bridge/switch () in the leaf, forwarding it uplink to the NAS () or an intermediate L2 bridge/switch () in the leaf. Finally the client () may initiate a DHCP request in the second VLAN.