Remote survivable DHCP for a DHCP relay agent
US7711826B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 22, 2005 |
| Grant date | May 4, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 31, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L61/5053
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A remote survivable DHCP technique is described for facilitating communications between nodes of a computer network. According to a specific embodiment, the network include a remote survivable DHCP (RSD) system adapted to enable a DHCP relay agent to temporarily respond, during at least a portion of times when the DHCP server is down or unreachable, to DHCP-related requests from clients that have already received a valid DHCP lease offer from a DHCP server during at least a portion of times when the DHCP server is down or unreachable.
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