Method and system for VLAN aggregation

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7792058
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11050165

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A method and system for an aggregated virtual local area network (VLAN) architecture in which several VLANs in a network share the same default router address and subnet mask, but remain isolated from one another's network traffic. Instead of the traditional method of assigning one subnet to a VLAN, each VLAN is assigned only a portion of a subnet's IP address space, and is further grouped into a super-VLAN uniquely associated with that subnet. Intra-VLAN traffic is forwarded only to host IP addresses assigned to that same VLAN according to a VLAN identifier carried in the data packet. Inter-VLAN traffic is processed by a virtual router interface which routes the data packet by applying the routing configuration for the subnet uniquely associated with the super-VLAN, according to a super-VLAN identifier carried in the data packet.

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ARISTA NETWORKS INC5453 GREAT AMERICA PARKWAY SANTA CLARA CA 95054

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Knudstrup, Eric Saratoga, US 1 14
Merchant, Shehzad T Mountain View, US 10 1826
Yin, Kenneth T Rumson, US 2 96
Yip, Michael Sunnyvale, US 55 2545

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