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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 01, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mallikarjunan Mahalingam, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Walter August Wallach, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
3Com Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 3/108 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 3/108 ;
Abstract
A system is described for providing fault tolerance within a computer system. The system provides a method for allowing multiple network interface cards to reside within the same computer system. If the primary network interface card fails, a secondary network interface card automatically begins managing the network communications. In addition, a system that provides load-sharing of data transmissions between each network interface card installed in a server computer is described.