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Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2026

Filed:

Aug. 31, 2023
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Shree Narasimha Murthy, San Jose, CA (US);

Sanjay Kumar Hooda, Pleasanton, CA (US);

Sonal Prem Kumar Chhabria, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 47/80 (2022.01); H04L 41/0604 (2022.01); H04L 47/74 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 47/745 (2013.01); H04L 41/0627 (2013.01); H04L 47/801 (2013.01);
Abstract

Techniques that include a network that is configured in the first mode of a reactive mode to respond to a client attempting to access an endpoint of the network by providing information to be sent to a map server and by checking whether at least an IP address associated with the client corresponds to a registration produced for the client by a wireless controller. Further, the network is configured in a second mode of a proactive mode to determine based on a count maintained by a wireless controller of a number of client IP addresses whether to allow access or not to allow access to one or more clients to the network.


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