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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 20, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Cedell Adam Alexander, Jr, Durham, NC (US);
Jimmy Philip Ervin, Raleigh, NC (US);
John Lloyd, Durham, NC (US);
Richard Colbert Matlack, Jr, Raleigh, NC (US);
Deepak Vig, Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
370401 ; 370389 ;
Abstract
A communication network having a plurality of routers, each connected to a host system by a LAN network and interconnected by a switched network, the common network using a shared or common IP and MAC address in the routers forming a subnet. Host systems on the same subnet use the shared or common IP address as their default gateway address when accessing host systems on another subnet.