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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2022
Nicira, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ajit Ramachandra Mayya, Saratoga, CA (US);
Parag Pritam Thakore, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Stephen Craig Connors, San Jose, CA (US);
Steven Michael Woo, Los Altos, CA (US);
Sunil Mukundan, Chennai, IN;
Nitin Kumar Ananda, San Jose, CA (US);
Nicira, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
In one aspect, a method useful for implementing high availability (HA) enhancements to a computer network, comprising the steps of: providing a first edge device of a local area network (LAN); providing a second edge device of the LAN; providing a gateway system to the LAN from a wide area network; detecting that an HA cable between the first edge device and the second edge device is disconnected; establishing a network connection between the gateway system and the second edge device; with the gateway system: determining that the first edge device is active and passing network traffic, implementing a network tunneling protocol with second edge device.