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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2023
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development Lp, Spring, TX (US);
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP, Spring, TX (US);
Abstract
A switch in a first network is provided. During operation, the switch can learn a media access control (MAC) address of a packet from a second network via a first port. The MAC address can be learned in association with an aggregate virtual local area network (VLAN) configured on the first network for traffic from the second network. The switch can inspect the packet to determine an external VLAN configured on the second network. The switch can send, via the first port a packet on the external VLAN. The source and detector addresses can be a local address. The destination address can be a multi-destination address. The switch can identify the local address as the detector address in a packet received from a second port coupling the second network, identify a loop in the second network in association with the external VLAN, and disable transmission via the second port.