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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:
Oct. 03, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 31, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tetsuo Oura, Yokohama, JP;
Naoya Ikeda, Ebima, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
370389 ; 370392 ; 370469 ; 709245 ; 34082507 ;
Abstract
The network connecting apparatus implements an address resolution control method in conjunction with a switch on a network having a plurality of sub-nets within a single physical segment. The network connecting apparatus includes a switch 20 constituted by port control units 31 through 34, a switch control unit 35, a managing unit 36 and an address managing table 37. The switch 20 is supplemented innovatively with an address resolution control unit 47 and with an ARP request packet detecting unit 382 in a destination port discriminating unit 38 of the switch control unit 35.