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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2011
Sachin Desai, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Rajesh Balay, Cupertino, CA (US);
Chandramouli Sargor, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sachin Desai, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Rajesh Balay, Cupertino, CA (US);
Chandramouli Sargor, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Fortinet, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for bridging network packets transmitted over heterogeneous media channels are provided. According to one embodiment, a network-computing device comprises multiple network interfaces (netmods) and a shared processing resource. The shared processing resource executes a virtual bridging application representing a single bridging domain for all network packets received by the network-computing device. A translation data structure defines translations between a first framing media format and an intermediate format and between the intermediate format and a second framing media format. If the virtual bridging application determines a network packet is to be relayed between a netmod operable to receive network packets encapsulated within the first framing media format and a netmod operable to transmit network packets encapsulated within the second framing media format, then it uses the translation data structures to translate the network packet before relaying the network packet.