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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2001
Russell Andrew Fink, Columbia, MD (US);
Matthew Aloysius Brannigan, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Shelby Alana Evans, Woodstock, MD (US);
Aswin Morgan Almeida, Bowie, MD (US);
BBNT Solutions LLC, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method are provided for adapting a link layer address of a network device. A first input/output port is connected to receive data from a first network node The first input/output port has a link layer address and is configurable to one of a plurality of link layer addresses. A second input/output port is connected to output the data to a second network node The second input/output port has a link layer address and is configurable to one of a plurality of link layer addresses. A processor adapts the link layer address of the first input/output port to correspond to a link layer address of the second network node and adapts the link layer address of the second input/output port to correspond to a link layer address of the first network node