Patent ID: 8976807
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising; receiving, at a first network device during a duplicate address detection process of a stateless address autoconfiguration (SLAAC) for a second network device, a solicitation message that includes a hostname for the second network device; determining, at the first network device and based on the solicitation message received during the SLAAC of the second network device, the hostname for the second network device; determining a first network address for the second network device that sent the solicitation message; storing, at the first network device, a mapping between the hostname and the first network address for the second network device; receiving a second network address for the second network device; storing, at the first network device, a mapping between the hostname and the second network address for the second network device; wherein the hostname of the second network device is mapped to both the first network address and the second network address.