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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2012
Allen J. Huotari, Garden Grove, CA (US);
Kendra S. Harrington, Bainbridge Island, WA (US);
Thomas J. Cowling, Des Moines, WA (US);
Stephen Kelly, Redmond, WA (US);
Allen J. Huotari, Garden Grove, CA (US);
Kendra S. Harrington, Bainbridge Island, WA (US);
Thomas J. Cowling, Des Moines, WA (US);
Stephen Kelly, Redmond, WA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a first interface of a switch interconnects with a broadband modem within a wide area network (WAN), while a second interface of the switch interconnects with a WAN interface of a router, where the router provides a gateway between the WAN and a local area network (LAN). Additionally, a web server is provided at the switch, where the web server is reachable to the WAN on the first interface and to the LAN on the second interface. The switch may then inspect traffic received at the first and second interfaces, and determines, based on inspecting, whether to transparently forward the traffic between the first and second interfaces or to redirect the traffic to the web server.