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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2024

Filed:

Apr. 06, 2021
Applicant:

Vmware Llc, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Inventors:

Sami Boutros, Union City, CA (US);

Ganesan Chandrashekhar, Campbell, CA (US);

Sri Mohana Singamsetty, Cupertino, CA (US);

Ankur Dubey, San Jose, CA (US);

Abhishek Goliya, Pune, IN;

Assignee:

VMware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/741 (2013.01); H04L 45/00 (2022.01); H04L 45/44 (2022.01); H04L 45/16 (2022.01); H04L 45/74 (2022.01); H04L 45/586 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/54 (2013.01); H04L 45/16 (2013.01); H04L 45/44 (2013.01); H04L 45/46 (2013.01); H04L 45/586 (2013.01); H04L 45/74 (2013.01);
Abstract

In some embodiments, a method for selecting an egress point for accessing an external network associated with a distributed logical router that is distributed across at least a first computing device and a second computing device is provided. The method receives, by an instance of the logical router at the first computing device, first identification information and a first preference value. The method compares the first preference value to a second preference value. The second preference value is associated with second identification information corresponding to a current computing device that is identified as a current preferred egress point for the logical router. The method determines whether to set the egress point connected to the instance of the logical router in the second computing device as a new preferred egress point for the logical router.


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