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Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012

Filed:

Sep. 30, 2008
Applicants:

Cahya Masputra, San Jose, CA (US);

Dieter Siegmund, Santa Cruz, CA (US);

Vincent Lubet, Los Altos, CA (US);

Inventors:

Cahya Masputra, San Jose, CA (US);

Dieter Siegmund, Santa Cruz, CA (US);

Vincent Lubet, Los Altos, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A routing table lookup algorithm is described that, for a first outbound packet, performs a first route lookup into the routing table with a first search key that includes the first packet's destination address and a first network interface identifier, and, for a second outbound packet, performs a second route lookup into the routing table with a second search key that includes the second outbound packet's destination address but does not include any network interface identifier.


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