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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2007
Russell I. White, Holly Springs, NC (US);
Steven Edward Moore, Holly Springs, NC (US);
James L. NG, Mebane, NC (US);
Alvaro Enrique Retana, Raleigh, NC (US);
Russell I. White, Holly Springs, NC (US);
Steven Edward Moore, Holly Springs, NC (US);
James L. Ng, Mebane, NC (US);
Alvaro Enrique Retana, Raleigh, NC (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In an example embodiment, a method is provided. In this method, a network address query is received. A first network address of a known apparatus is retrieved from a routing table, in response to the network address query. A second network address may be determined based upon the network address query, the second network address having a smaller bit length than the first network address. An aggregate value may be advertised that represents a range of reachable network addresses, the range of reachable network addresses including the second network address.