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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2006
Yi Yang, Morrisville, NC (US);
Thuan Van Tran, Cary, NC (US);
Donnie Van Savage, Raleigh, NC (US);
Donald Slice, Cary, NC (US);
James NG, Mebane, NC (US);
Alvaro Retana, Raleigh, NC (US);
Yi Yang, Morrisville, NC (US);
Thuan Van Tran, Cary, NC (US);
Donnie Van Savage, Raleigh, NC (US);
Donald Slice, Cary, NC (US);
James Ng, Mebane, NC (US);
Alvaro Retana, Raleigh, NC (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A static neighbor configured network device is configured with a static neighbor feature including a static neighbor list of network devices. The static neighbor configured network device is in a network segment that includes a dynamically configured network device. The static neighbor configured network device receives a multicast packet from the dynamically configured network device. It is determined if the dynamically configured network device is included in the static neighbor list of the static neighbor configured network device. The multicast packet is accepted if the dynamically configured network device is found in the neighbor list for the static neighbor configured network device. Also, adjacency for the static neighbor configured network device is not lost with any other currently adjacent network devices when the multicast packet is received.