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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2012
Applicants:
Michael P. Hammer, Reston, VA (US);
Ashish Dalela, Bangalore, IN;
Monique J. Morrow, Zurich, CH;
Peter C. Tomsu, Leitzersdorf, AT;
Inventors:
Michael P. Hammer, Reston, VA (US);
Ashish Dalela, Bangalore, IN;
Monique J. Morrow, Zurich, CH;
Peter C. Tomsu, Leitzersdorf, AT;
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/741 (2013.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/54 (2013.01); H04L 29/12028 (2013.01); H04L 61/103 (2013.01); H04L 63/1441 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a system includes one or more memory units for storing an Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) table. The system further includes one or more processors. The processors receive, from a routing protocol, an Internet Protocol (IP)-Media Access Control (MAC) address pair for a first host computer. The processors further populate the ARP table with the IP-MAC address pair for the first host computer.