Patent ID: 8667177
Filing Date: 2014-03-04
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: storing, with a network device having a plurality of interfaces, data defining an interface group comprising a subset of the interfaces, wherein the subset of the interfaces of the interface group includes a first interface of the network device; storing, in a media access control (MAC) address repository of the network device, a mapping of the first interface of the network device to a source MAC address of a remote device; receiving a layer two (L2) communication via a second interface of the network device different from the first interface, wherein the L2 communication includes the source MAC address of the remote device; determining, with the network device, whether the second interface is included within the interface group; responsive to determining that the second interface is included within the interface group, dynamically updating the MAC address repository to map the second interface to the source MAC address of the remote device; and responsive to determining that the second interface is not included within the interface group, preventing the source MAC address of the remote device from being mapped to the second interface within the MAC address repository.