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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2008
Ralph Droms, Westford, MA (US);
Vitali Vinokour, Arlington, MA (US);
David Delano Ward, Somerset, WI (US);
Ralph Droms, Westford, MA (US);
Vitali Vinokour, Arlington, MA (US);
David Delano Ward, Somerset, WI (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are, inter alia, methods, apparatus, computer-storage media, mechanisms, and means associated with loss of network layer connectivity triggering Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) initialization. According to one embodiment, a network device connected to a network initializes one or more network communication values of the network device using DHCP. The network device monitors Network Layer (Layer 3) connectivity with a remote network device; and in response to detecting a loss of said monitored Network Layer connectivity, DHCP initialization of the network device is performed.