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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2020
Arista Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Adam Sweeney, San Jose, CA (US);
Jifei Song, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Avinash Ratnavel Maharaj Ratnavel, San Jose, CA (US);
Jaffar Hameed Abdul Kather Jilani, San Jose, CA (US);
ARISTA NETWORKS, INC., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Some embodiments provide a method, executable by a network device, that receives a first set of commands instructing the network device to allow network traffic to egress out of an authentication port of the network device. The authentication port is configured to belong to a first virtual local area network (VLAN). An unauthenticated device is connected to the authentication port. The method further receives a second set of commands instructing the network device to add ports belonging to the first VLAN to a broadcast domain of a second VLAN. The method also broadcasts an address request to the broadcast domain of the second VLAN. The method further receives, from the unauthenticated device, a response to the address request.