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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2002
Applicant:
Timothy Mancour, Wrentham, MA (US);
Inventor:
Timothy Mancour, Wrentham, MA (US);
Assignee:
Enterasys Networks, Inc., Andover, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A P device interworks CE devices connected to the P device using different types of data links. The P device learns the address of a local CE device by monitoring the control messages, such as address resolution messages, originating from the local device. The P device may share the address of a local CE device with another local CE device by initiating a control message or responding to a control message issued by one of the local CE devices. This latter mechanism in effect hides the heterogeneous nature of the network.