Patent ID: 9667529
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A method for configuring a network to route data on a first network service that connects a user's network with a service provider network, comprising: (a) receiving, at a first router on a customer network, a message from a second router instructing the first router to route data destined to a first IP address to a second IP address, wherein the first IP address corresponds to a hostname and the second IP address corresponds to the first network service among a plurality of network services, and wherein the message is sent by the second router in response to receiving a mapping between the host name and the first network service as determined by a user of the customer network; (b) in response to the step of receiving the message from the second router, configuring the first router to route data, addressed to the first IP address, on the first network service, wherein, prior to the configuring, data destined to the first IP address is routed on a second network service among the plurality of network services; (c) receiving a request from a computer on the customer network, the request destined to the first IP address; and (d) sending the request to the second router on the first network service.