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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2000
John M. Davidson, Mountain View, CA (US);
Akkamapet P. Sundarraj, Santa Clara, CA (US);
James R. Pickering, Livermore, CA (US);
John M. Davidson, Mountain View, CA (US);
Akkamapet P. Sundarraj, Santa Clara, CA (US);
James R. Pickering, Livermore, CA (US);
Efficient Networks, Inc., Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
In one aspect of the invention a method includes, at a tunneling server, receiving from first client a point-to-point protocol signal encapsulated within a network address request header, the point-to-point protocol signal comprising an identifier identifying a destination client. The method further comprises encapsulating the point-to-point signal within a network address response header and communicating the network address response encapsulated signal toward the destination client.