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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 22, 1998
Dave Goh, Mountain View, CA (US);
Paul Chou, Los Altos, CA (US);
Leena Sansguiri, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ronald Kroesen, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Nandakumar Natarajan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
John A. Dilley, Los Altos, CA (US);
Marcos Frid, San Carlos, CA (US);
Robert H. Hyerle, Bernin, FR;
Arne Luhrs, Los Altos, CA (US);
Chandrasekar Venkatraman, Saratoga, CA (US);
Agilent Technologies, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A chip for a device such as a computer includes a media access controller and an embedded processor. The embedded processor is programmed to function as a web server and provide network manageability information to a network manager. The embedded processor is also programmed to function as a LAN controller. When a packet is received by the media access controller, the embedded processor examines a destination address of the packet and routes the packet to an appropriate end point. Packets having a first unique destination address are routed to a host interface (and eventually to a host processor), and packets having a second unique address are routed to the embedded processor-functioning-as-web server. Thus, the chip allows network management and local area network communications to be performed over a single physical interface.