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Multiple protocol routing

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  • US 5,430,727 A
  • Filed: 05/19/1994
  • Issued: 07/04/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/04/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of enabling user data packets to be forwarded from one local area network to another by a device which is capable of acting as a router to recognize and forward to and from end systems user data packets which conform to a first protocol suite and is capable of acting as a bridge to recognize and forward between networks user data packets which conform to at least a second protocol suite, said method comprisingfor a user data packet which conforms to said first protocol suite and is addressed to a single address which is not an address of the device, causing the device to act as a bridge rather than as a router.

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