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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2000
Lior Shabtay, Ganei Tikva, IL;
Moshe Island, Yehud, IL;
Nachman Cohen, Tiberias, IL;
Guy Kronenthal, Givat Shmuel, IL;
Michael Saltzman, Saratoga, CA (US);
Gidi Navon, Tel Aviv, IL;
Ron Bin, Tel Aviv, IL;
Lior Shabtay, Ganei Tikva, IL;
Moshe Island, Yehud, IL;
Nachman Cohen, Tiberias, IL;
Guy Kronenthal, Givat Shmuel, IL;
Michael Saltzman, Saratoga, CA (US);
Gidi Navon, Tel Aviv, IL;
Ron Bin, Tel Aviv, IL;
Avaya Communication Israel Ltd., Tel Aviv, IL;
Abstract
A method of managing connectivity between an end-device and one of a plurality of bridging-devices connected to the end-device. The method includes transmitting test messages by each of the bridging-devices, transmitting test messages by the end-device, determining, in each of the bridging-devices, with which of the other devices there is an operative connection, based on the test messages the bridging-device receives and determining, in each of the bridging-devices, whether a port leading to the end-device should be in a forwarding or blocking state responsive to the determination of the operative connections.