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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2005
Earl Hardin Booth, Iii, Raleigh, NC (US);
William Mark Townsley, Nashville, TN (US);
Greg Weber, Knoxville, TN (US);
Wei Luo, San Jose, CA (US);
Earl Hardin Booth, III, Raleigh, NC (US);
William Mark Townsley, Nashville, TN (US);
Greg Weber, Knoxville, TN (US);
Wei Luo, San Jose, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for configuring a network interface to support a virtual private network includes storing configuration data at a server on a host computer on the provider network. It is determined whether conditions are satisfied for sending the configuration data to a particular node at an edge of the provider network. If it is determined that conditions are satisfied, then the configuration data is sent to the particular node to cause the particular node to configure a particular interface for supporting a virtual private network over the provider network based on the configuration data without human intervention. The provider network is a packet-switched network and the particular virtual private network is a link layer virtual private network. The particular node is different from the host. The particular interface is for a direct communication link to a customer network node outside the provider network.