Patent ID: 9473319
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for dynamic discovery and assignment of virtual local area networks (VLANs), the method comprising: receiving, by a network switch, a request for a VLAN configuration, from a computer device connecting to a port of the network switch; retrieving, by the network switch, a list of available VLANs at the port; determining, by the network switch, whether respective ones of the available VLANs are configured for the computer device; determining, by the network switch, to include the respective ones of the available VLANs in an acknowledgement, in response to determining that the respective ones of the available VLANs are configured for the computer device; forming, by the network switch, the acknowledgement to the request, the acknowledgement comprising a list of VLANs configured for the computer device, in response to determining that the respective ones of the available VLANs are not configured for the computer device and in response to determining that the respective ones of the available VLANs are checked; sending, by the network switch, the acknowledgement to the computer device; wherein the acknowledgement is used to determine one of the VLANs configured for the computer device, the one of the VLANs configured for the computer device is tagged by the computer device to an adapter of the computer device, and the computer device is connected to the one of the VLANs configured for the computer device; and wherein the computer device is connected to the port of the network switch, the port of the network switch is configured to allow access to the VLANs, and the port of the network switch contains the list of the available VLANs at the port.