Patent ID: 8526427
Filing Date: 2013-09-03
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: associating one of a plurality of ports with one of a plurality of uplink interfaces, wherein the associating comprises setting a value of a register associated with the one of the ports; receiving a packet and a second packet; conveying the packet from the one of the plurality of ports to the one of the plurality of uplink interfaces or from the one of the plurality of uplink interfaces to the one of the plurality of ports, in response to the one of the plurality of ports being associated with the one of the plurality of uplink interfaces, wherein the one of the plurality of ports is associated with a virtual local area network (VLAN); conveying the second packet from a second one of the plurality of ports to the one of the plurality of uplink interfaces or from the one of the plurality of uplink interfaces to the second one of the plurality of ports, in response to the second one of the plurality of ports being associated with the one of the plurality of uplink interfaces, the second one of the plurality of ports is associated with a different VLAN than the one of the plurality of ports, and the associating comprises