Patent ID: 9491002
Filing Date: 2016-11-08
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving, by one or more computing systems, configuration information for a virtual computer network having multiple computing nodes overlaid on a substrate network at a first location; configuring, by the one or more computing systems, an edge module that interconnects the substrate network and an external connection to one or more external nodes at a second location distinct from the first location, the configuring being based at least in part on the received configuration information and including associating one or more virtual network addresses of the virtual computer network with the one or more external nodes; and managing, by the configured edge module, a communication that is sent from a sending computing node of the multiple computing nodes to an indicated one of the associated one or more virtual network addresses, the managing including initiating forwarding the communication via the external connection to at least one of the one or more external nodes.