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Integrated network interconnecting device and probe

  • US 6,112,241 A
  • Filed: 10/21/1997
  • Issued: 08/29/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/21/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A network interconnecting device including:

  • a housing;

    at least two ports coupled to the housing;

    a switching fabric, operative in transporting electrical signals, disposed within the housing;

    a processor subsystem operatively coupled to the switch fabric;

    a first circuit arrangement operatively coupling the at least two ports and the switching fabric, said circuit arrangement operative to route electrical signals representative of information packets between the at least two ports; and

    a single probe mounted within the housing and operatively coupled to the switching fabric and the at least two ports wherein said single probe gathers and provides statistical information from the at least two ports.

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