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Routing address management method and system

  • US 6,496,484 B1
  • Filed: 08/23/1999
  • Issued: 12/17/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/21/1998
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A routing address management method in a network system including a plurality of hosts and a plurality of networks which are connected by a plurality of routing nodes each having an address learning table storing address information for each of the hosts, wherein each of the hosts can be connected to one of the networks, comprising the steps of:

  • at a routing node, monitoring a network connected to the routing node to determine whether a new host is connected to the network;

    when it is determined that a new host is connected to the network, updating an address learning table thereof depending on new address information of the new host;

    producing a control message including the new address information after the address learning table has been updated; and

    at the routing nodes other than the routing node, updating address learning tables thereof depending on the new address information included in the control message.

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