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Method and apparatus for network subnet discovery
US9077635B2 · US · B2
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Publication number | US-9077635-B2 |
| Application number | US-201213405962-A |
| Country | US |
| Kind code | B2 |
| Filing date | Feb 27, 2012 |
| Priority date | Feb 27, 2012 |
| Publication date | Jul 7, 2015 |
| Grant date | Jul 7, 2015 |
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A method and non-transitory computer readable medium for discovering network subnets are disclosed. For example, the method sets a host portion of a network address to a fixed value for a particular network, sends a discovery message to a subnet of a plurality of subnets having the fixed value of the host portion for the particular network, discovers the subnet if a response to the discovery message is received from a device and repeats the sending and the discovering until all of the plurality of subnets are checked, where the sending and the discovering are applied only to the fixed value of the host portion for each of the plurality of subnets.
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What is claimed is: 1. A method for discovering network subnets, comprising: beginning the discovering with a value of 001 or 254 for a host portion of a network address to a fixed value for a particular network, wherein the particular network comprises a private network of a customer; sending a discovery message to a subnet of a plurality of subnets having the value of the host portion for the particular network, wherein the discovery message comprises a simple network manageme…
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- What does patent US9077635B2 cover?
- A method and non-transitory computer readable medium for discovering network subnets are disclosed. For example, the method sets a host portion of a network address to a fixed value for a particular network, sends a discovery message to a subnet of a plurality of subnets having the fixed value of the host portion for the particular network, discovers the subnet if a response to the discovery me…
- Who is the assignee on this patent?
- Meyer Lawrence W, Kumar Vijay, Igharas Walter, and 1 more
- What technology area does this patent fall under?
- Primary CPC classification H04L41/12. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
- When was this patent published?
- Publication date Tue Jul 07 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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- We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).