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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2008
Applicant:
Benny J. Thottakkara, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Benny J. Thottakkara, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Foundry Networks, LLC, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2005.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for supporting dynamic configuration changes comprises receiving a message from a current root bridge, comparing a bridge media access control (MAC) address of a receiving port to a bridge MAC address of the received message, if the bridge MAC addresses arenotthe same, then comparing a current priority value with a previous priority value of the current root bridge, determining if the receiving port is a qualified root port, and if the port is a qualified root port, then returning a superior designated message to execute an RSTP calculation.