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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING BRANCH GATEWAY DEVICE AVAILABILITY IN COMPUTER NETWORKS

  • US 20200136946A1
  • Filed: 10/29/2018
  • Published: 04/30/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2018
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method to determine branch gateway device availability in a computer network, comprising:

  • receiving status messages from a plurality of branch gateway devices on a computer network;

    in response to not receiving an expected status message from an unresponsive branch gateway device on the computer network, determining whether the unresponsive device is in a peer configuration state;

    if the unresponsive branch gateway device is in the peer configuration state, determining at least one peer branch gateway device that is in the peer configuration state with the unresponsive branch gateway device; and

    routing network traffic intended for the unresponsive branch gateway device to the at least one peer branch gateway device.

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