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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2006
Applicants:
Gurinderjit Chahal, Fremont, CA (US);
Shashi Kumar, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Gurinderjit Chahal, Fremont, CA (US);
Shashi Kumar, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/177 (2006.01); G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for implementing troubleshooting of a network connectivity problem between a client computer coupled to a local switch and an end point on the network utilizes a client_proxy module instantiated on the local switch. The module automatically runs a series of tests utilizing the IP and MAC addresses of the client computer source addresses and reports the results of the tests.