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Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2025

Filed:

Oct. 11, 2023
Applicant:

Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Balaji Sundararajan, Fremont, CA (US);

Ajeet Pal Singh Gill, Fremont, CA (US);

Sampath Sthothra Bhasham, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Satish Kumar Mahadevan, San Ramon, CA (US);

Madhusudan V. Gindi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Tahir Ali, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04L 61/256 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 61/256 (2013.01); H04L 12/4641 (2013.01);
Abstract

A process can include determining a plurality of Network Address Translation (NAT) routes associated with respective edge routers included in a same virtual private network (VPN) for communicating with a software-defined wide area network (SDWAN). A process can include identifying a first subset of the plurality of NAT routes as mapped to a first public NAT address included in a NAT pool associated with the VPN. A process can include tagging each NAT route of the first subset with a tag value indicative of a preferred router for receiving return traffic of the respective NAT route. A process can include routing traffic on a respective NAT route of the plurality of NAT routes based on applying, at an SDWAN controller, a corresponding control policy matching the tag value of the respective NAT route.


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