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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2000
Brian Mitchell Bass, Apex, NC (US);
Teresa Lynn Davis, Garner, NC (US);
Anthony Matteo Gallo, Apex, NC (US);
Michael Steven Siegel, Raleigh, NC (US);
Fabrice Jean Verplanken, La Gaude, FR;
Gail Irene Woodland, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Method and apparatus for receiving a data frame on a received port of a network switch. The data frame includes a source media access control (MAC) address for the first device, and a destination MAC address for a second device connected to another port of the network. The data frame is forwarded to a target port which is connected to the second device. The MAC address is learned locally at the target port which facilities communications for frames which later enter the target port and contain addresses previously learned from a received frame.