Patent ID: 9628480
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a user interface operable to receive a media access control (MAC) address of a candidate device coupled to a network and one or more credentials from a user; a memory operable to store the MAC address, the credentials from a user, an inclusion list comprising switch ports that are favorable reroute ports, an exclusion list comprising switch ports that are unfavorable reroute ports, and switch information comprising details about ports associated with a switch coupled to the candidate device; a network interface operable to communicate with the network; a processor communicatively coupled to the user interface, the memory, and the network interface, the processor operable to: receive a request to reroute traffic associated with the MAC address of the candidate device; receive, using the switch IP address, the switch information from the switch; determine, using the switch information, a candidate reroute port based on a maximum distance from the candidate reroute port to a port coupled to the candidate device associated with the MAC address, presence of the candidate reroute port on the inclusion list, and absence of the candidate reroute port from the exclusion list; and issue a command to reroute the traffic associated with the MAC address of the candidate device to the candidate reroute port by transforming a destination of the traffic to the reroute port.