Patent ID: 7596614
Filing Date: 2009-09-29
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer network having snooping means to monitor and control illegitimate use of the network and to control quality of service (QoS) access of devices to the remainder of the network, said snooping means including: at least one switch connecting at least one edge device to the remainder of the network, said at least one switch including: an authentication server which includes a second table of user names and their relevant passwords used by Network Login, in which the second table, which includes User and Password information, also includes, for each user name and password, a corresponding virtual local network (VLAN) membership, VLAN tag and QoS profile traffic classification, wherein the user name, VLAN membership, VLAN tag and QoS profile traffic classification obtained from the authentication server and the second table are added to the first dynamic table.