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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015
Filed:
May. 31, 2006
Applicants:
Ted T. Nguyen, Roseville, CA (US);
Sarayu Srinivas Chandrapal, Roseville, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ted T. Nguyen, Roseville, CA (US);
Sarayu Srinivas Chandrapal, Roseville, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/173 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 43/0811 (2013.01); H04L 41/0213 (2013.01); H04L 41/12 (2013.01); H04L 41/22 (2013.01);
Abstract
Apparatus and methods for determining a switching device and port to which a user selected end-node in a computer network is connected may include receiving an address of a user determined end-node and discovering a switching device that forwards traffic to no other device on the same port as the switching device forwards traffic to the selected end-node. The apparatus and methods may output an address of the discovered switching device and port to the user.