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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2000
Wynona Persephone Jacobs, Cary, NC (US);
Steven Edward Ledford, Holly Springs, NC (US);
Alejandro Emilio Vasquez, Raleigh, NC (US);
Colin Michael Winegarden, Holly Springs, NC (US);
Wynona Persephone Jacobs, Cary, NC (US);
Steven Edward Ledford, Holly Springs, NC (US);
Alejandro Emilio Vasquez, Raleigh, NC (US);
Colin Michael Winegarden, Holly Springs, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Counters are implemented within an 802.1Q VLAN (Virtual Local Area Network) bridge model to assist a network administrator in diagnosing network problems associated with the dynamic registration of VLANs. Such counters are able to count the number of dynamic VLANs propagated through a bridging device, and for monitoring the maximum number of VLANs ever simultaneously configured on a bridge device.