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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2002
Suresh K. Satapati, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Senthil M. Sivakumar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jieping Chen, San Jose, CA (US);
Suresh K. Satapati, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Senthil M. Sivakumar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jieping Chen, San Jose, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for transparently sharing at least one IPv4 address among a plurality of hosts wherein at least a first host of the plurality of hosts uses the IPv4 protocol and wherein at least a second host of the plurality of hosts uses an IPv6 protocol is provided. A first data having a first source address and a first destination address is received. A network address translation with port address translation is performed, if the first data is in an IPv4 protocol. A network address translation protocol translation with port address translation is performed, if the first data is in an IPv6 protocol.