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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2001
Yu-chin Wu, Hsinchu, TW;
Ying-hui Huang, Hsinchu, TW;
Yu-Chin Wu, Hsinchu, TW;
Ying-Hui Huang, Hsinchu, TW;
D-Link Corporation, Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A method for controlling a number of addresses in an address table of a switch in a network system includes the steps of adding a control mechanism in a learning mode of the switch; enabling one of a plurality of ports of the switch to detect a number of learned addresses in the address table; and locking the address table to stop learning and discard subsequently received packets having unmatched addresses if the number of learned addresses being detected has exceeded a predetermined maximum number of learnable addresses of the address table, thereby preventing the address table from being completely occupied by a number of abnormal packets.