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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2004
Timothy James Schlichter, Huntsville, AL (US);
Amy Joan Puon, Legal Representative, Madison, AL (US);
Timothy James Schlichter, Huntsville, AL (US);
Amy Joan Puon, legal representative, Madison, AL (US);
Adtran, Inc., Huntsville, AL (US);
Abstract
An integrated processor-controlled router and switch fabric architecture provides connectivity between local area network (LAN) ports of an Ethernet switch serving a plurality of local area network users and a wide area network (WAN) port that provides connectivity with the internet. The integrated switch fabric treats the processor interface back to the router as though it were a regular LAN port; as a result, all incoming (WAN-to-LAN) traffic and all outgoing (LAN-to-WAN) traffic relative to the processor interface can be mirrored to any LAN port of the Ethernet switch.