Automatically configuring switch ports with appropriate features
US7411915B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 21, 2004 |
| Grant date | Aug 12, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 24, 2026 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2101/622
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus for automatically configuring a physical port of a switch with features appropriate to a connection type snoops incoming packets to determine the connection type and executes a port configuration macro installed on the switch to apply appropriate features for the connection type.
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