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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 06, 1999
Applicant:
Bruce F. Wong, Athens, GA (US);
Inventor:
Bruce F. Wong, Athens, GA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1228 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A funnel in fan out network device includes a fast uplink port operating at a first data rate. A plurality of slow ports operate at a second data rate. The second data rate is slower than the first data rate. A processor is configured to direct a packet received on one of the slower ports directly to the fast uplink port without looking up the destination address of the packet.