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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2010
Applicants:
Shinichi Akahane, Hachioji, JP;
Yasuhiro Kodama, Yokohama, JP;
Takao Nara, Yokohama, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Alaxala Networks Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The network relay apparatus is provided. The network relay apparatus includes: multiple ports, each being provided to send and receive a frame to and from one of multiple external devices; and a frame processor configured to perform flooding, in order to relay a received frame that is received via one of the multiple ports as a receiving port, with a preset flooding target according to an attribute of a transmit port that sends the received frame.