Maintaining filtering database consistency

• Main Authors: Oelgaard, Torkil, Hofman-Bang, Joergen P. R
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 22.12.2009

Information is shared between switches such as bridges to facilitate efficient forwarding of data. In some embodiments consistency is maintained between information stored in filtering databases for IEEE 802.1D or 802.1Q bridges. When a switch does not have an entry in a filtering database that matc...