Patent ID: 9130859
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a first access point configured to be (1) included in a first virtual local area network (VLAN) and not included in a second VLAN and (2) operatively coupled to a second access point that is included in the second VLAN and not included in the first VLAN, the second VLAN including a multicast domain name system (mDNS) service that is not multicast to the first VLAN, the first access point configured to receive an mDNS request for the mDNS service from a client device that is operatively coupled to the first VLAN, the first access point configured to place the mDNS request in a quarantine queue, the first access point configured to send, in response to the mDNS request being placed in the quarantine queue, a signal to the second access point such that the second access point determines the availability of the mDNS service on the second VLAN, the first access point configured to, in response to an indication from the second access point that the mDNS service is available on the second VLAN, define an encapsulated mDNS request, the first access point configured to send, to the second access point, the encapsulated mDNS request, based on the mDNS request, such that a connection is established between the client device and a network device providing the mDNS service within the second VLAN.