Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput – Computer network managing – Computer network monitoring
Patent
1997-08-29
1999-12-07
Burgess, Glenton B.
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput
Computer network managing
Computer network monitoring
709220, 709221, 709222, 370402, 370254, G06F 1300
Patent
active
059999748
ABSTRACT:
A method of dynamically configuring and monitoring every host connected to a gateway device, where at least one initiating host and one receiving host is at least connected to the gateway device in a computing network environment. All information about all connected hosts and their addresses are first determined and stored in a port-sharing table in a memory location accessible to the gateway device. The availability of each host connection is monitored and checked at preselected intervals and if any host becomes unavailable, a change in status is made in the portsharing table. When a special IP address command is issued for a particular initiating host, such as a SET IP address command, all IP datagrams for that particular host is received and in turn compared to the entries in the portsharing table. In case a match is not found between the received IP datagram of the particular initiating host and the entries in the portsharing table, a new entry is made in the portsharing table containing the information of the particular initiating host.
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Douglas E. Comer (Internetworking with TCP/IP), Jan. 1995.
Ratcliff Bruce H.
Valley Stephen R.
Burgess Glenton B.
Esq. Llily Neff
Ho Chuong
International Business Machines - Corporation
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