Patent ID: 9014013
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving and detecting a tracepath packet at a device and providing said tracepath packet to a CPU of the device, said tracepath packet having addressing of packets being traced; appending the device information to payload information of the tracepath packet and transmitting said tracepath packet with said appended payload from the device; generating and transmitting, responsive to receiving and detecting said tracepath packet, a first SNMP Trap command by the device, said first SNMP Trap command including the payload of said tracepath packet; enabling detection of a tagged normal packet by the device based on receipt of said tracepath packet; receiving and detecting said tagged normal packet by the device after transmitting said first SNMP Trap command; transmitting said tagged normal packet from the device; notifying the CPU of the device of the detection of said tagged normal packet; and generating and transmitting a second SNMP Trap command by the device in response to said notifying, said second SNMP Trap command including the device information as information in said second SNMP Trap command.