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Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2008

Filed:

Mar. 19, 1999
Applicants:

Avner Ben-dor, Woodside, CA (US);

James Goodwin, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Joseph Meza, Milipitas, CA (US);

Mark S. Young, Mountain View, CA (US);

David Zalatimo, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Inventors:

Avner Ben-Dor, Woodside, CA (US);

James Goodwin, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Joseph Meza, Milipitas, CA (US);

Mark S. Young, Mountain View, CA (US);

David Zalatimo, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Assignee:

F5 Networks, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 12/56 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A system is described having a network, a bus and an interface coupling the network to the bus. A host is coupled to the network and executes software to generate packets for communication on the network. A bus device is coupled to the bus. The interface and host coordinate to transport bus device packets between the host and the bus device via tunneling over the network.


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