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Architecture for managing traffic in a virtual LAN environment

  • US 5,752,003 A
  • Filed: 07/14/1995
  • Issued: 05/12/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/14/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. For a network including a set of local area network (LAN) segments interconnected as a virtual LAN, in which nodes in the virtual LAN are members of one or more logical networks, a method for managing traffic in the network, comprising:

  • detecting a multi-destination packet on a LAN segment within the set;

    determining, in response to the multi-destination packet, the logical network for which the detected multi-destination packet is intended; and

    delivering information carried by the multi-destination packet to nodes authorized to receive multi-destination packets intended for members of the determined logical network.

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