Patent ID: 9544191
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. A method of communicating in a network, the method comprising: selecting, by a first network node, a first port from a plurality of second ports of the first network node; selecting, by the first network node, a third port from a plurality of fourth ports of a second network node, the first port and the third port forming a first port pair; opening a first connection between the first port and the third port for a data exchange between the first network node and the second network node; determining, by the first network node, whether a less desirable notice associated with the first port pair is received at the first port from a switch along a path of the first connection based on whether the less desirable notice includes an address of the first network node and an address of the second network node; and when the less desirable notice is received, recording, by the first network node, the first port pair as being less desirable to indicate that it would be advantageous to use a different port pair to exchange network packets between the first network node and the second network node.