Patent ID: 9106506
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a networking device, a particular packet; determining, by the networking device, whether a source address of the particular packet is in a particular range of source addresses; performing, by the networking device, a first lookup operation in a first forwarding table, without performing a lookup operation in a second forwarding table, to identify a first egress port, of the networking device, when the source address of the particular packet is in the particular range of source addresses; performing, by the networking device, a second lookup operation in the second forwarding table, without performing the first lookup operation in the first forwarding table, to identify a second egress port, of the networking device, when the source address of the particular packet is not in the particular range of source addresses, forwarding, by the networking device and using the information in the resolution table, the particular packet to the identified first egress port or the identified second egress port.