Patent · US Active

Providing a layer-3 interface

US9219698B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Hangzhou H3C Technologies Co., LTD · CN

Inventors

Minghui Wang · Beijing, CN
Jie Li · Qingdao, CN
Yi-Ping Huang · Taoyuan, TW

Key dates

Filing date	May 18, 2012
Grant date	Dec 22, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 10, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L2101/622
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Providing a VLAN virtual interface of a default VLAN as a VLAN virtual interface of a layer-3 Ethernet interface provided on an apparatus, assigning an interface MAC address for the layer-3 Ethernet interface, setting a layer-3 interface entry including at least the interface MAC address of the layer-3 Ethernet interface and a VLAN ID of the default VLAN, providing a VLAN virtual interface of a layer-3 Ethernet sub-interface provided on the apparatus based on a binding VLAN of the layer-3 Ethernet sub-interface, assigning an interface MAC address to the layer-3 Ethernet sub-interface, setting a layer-3 sub-interface entry including at least the interface MAC address of the layer-3 Ethernet sub-interface and a VLAN ID of the binding VLAN, receiving a packet from one interface of the apparatus, and performing layer-3 forwarding for the packet if the layer-3 interface entry or the layer-3 interface entry matching with a destination MAC address and a VLAN ID of the packet.

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