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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2002
Method and apparatus for distributing routing instructions over multiple interfaces of a data router
Steven Clay Ellis, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Deepak Kharbanda, San Jose, CA (US);
Xiaoyan Chang, San Jose, CA (US);
Steven Clay Ellis, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Deepak Kharbanda, San Jose, CA (US);
Xiaoyan Chang, San Jose, CA (US);
Pluris, Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A software application in a multi-processor data router in which a forwarding information base for the router is maintained is provided with a server module and one or more client modules, each client module associated with one or more communication interfaces of the data router. The application is characterized in that the server module sends to each client module only that portion of the forwarding information base specific to the communication interfaces associated with the client module.