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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2004
Applicants:
Christopher Spain, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Pauline Shuen, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Shashi Kumar, San Jose, CA (US);
Glen Robert Fisher, Mountain View, CA (US);
Ujjal Bajaj, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Christopher Spain, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Pauline Shuen, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Shashi Kumar, San Jose, CA (US);
Glen Robert Fisher, Mountain View, CA (US);
Ujjal Bajaj, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/08 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for automatically configuring a physical port of a switch with features appropriate to a connection type snoops incoming packets to determine the connection type and executes a port configuration macro installed on the switch to apply appropriate features for the connection type.