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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 19, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jeffrey Cioli, Derry, NH (US);
Jason DiPietro, Weare, NH (US);
Assignee:
Enterasys Networks, Inc., Rochester, NH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/266 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/266 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for using shared-media networks in a connection-based networking scheme. The method and apparatus may include filtering of packets received by a switch in the shared-media subnetwork. In-line filtering of packets is also disclosed.