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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2004
Applicant:
Olaf Borowski, Rocklin, CA (US);
Inventor:
Olaf Borowski, Rocklin, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2013.01); H04L 67/2819 (2013.01); H04L 67/28 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a proxy networking device for a router is provided in order to reduce the load of the CPU of the router. In an embodiment, the proxy networking device is configured to receive an advertisement from the router, to store information in the advertisement, and to respond to a query from a host node by transmitting the advertisement to the host node. The proxy networking device may be, for example, a switch.