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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2006
Richard Cuthbert, Thornhill, CA;
Matthew George Eglin, Ottawa, CA;
Dean Goodwin, Kanata, CA;
Jeff Joslin, Ottawa, CA;
Richard Cuthbert, Thornhill, CA;
Matthew George Eglin, Ottawa, CA;
Dean Goodwin, Kanata, CA;
Jeff Joslin, Ottawa, CA;
Siemens Enterprise Communications GmbH & Co. KG, Munich, DE;
Abstract
Message handling in a local area network including switches and clients is provided. At least one of the switches is a peer switch that is capable of monitoring a status of another switch, and at least one switch connects the clients redundantly. A station announcement message is sent by the peer switch for at least one client of the other switch. In each station message announcement, there is inserted a source address of the other switch. The other switches handle the station message announcement as though the station message announcement came from the client.