Patent ID: 8681791
Filing Date: 2014-03-25
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method performed by a computing system, comprising: a) associating an outbound packet with a first network interface of said computing system, said computing system positioned as an end point, said associating of said outbound packet with said first network interface comprising: associating a socket with said first network interface; submitting said outbound packet to said socket; b) constructing a search key from an identifier of said first network interface and said outbound packet's destination address; c) submitting said search key to a routing function, said routing function identifying said outbound packet's next hop address, said next hop address identifying a node on a local area network to which said computing system is coupled, said next hop address being formatted according to said local area network's destination addressing format; and, d) transmitting said outbound packet to said node identified by said next hop address from said first network interface.