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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2000
Applicant:
Ciaran Murphy, Dublin, IE;
Inventor:
Ciaran Murphy, Dublin, IE;
Assignee:
3Com Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L012/28 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An edge switch of a packet-based communication network, the edge switch having a port to which a specified user is connected is identified. A unicast request packet is sent from a policy server to the specified user, the unicast request packet including destination address data and a selected identification code. The selected identification code is detected at the port. The packet is diverted to a management agent for the switch and an identification of the switch and the user is returned to the server.