Patent ID: 6874147
Filing Date: 2005-03-29
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer accessible medium having associated therewith encoded instructions to direct a processor to perform an application programming interface (API) having: an identify address function for identifying a stored node address stored by a based driver; a status function in communication with a first base driver for a first network interface to detect a failure of the first network interface; a failover function including an update node address function to direct a second base driver for a second network interface to store the node address of the first network interface in a configuration storage as the stored node address for the second base driver, and to store the node address of the first network interface in a receive address filtering table stored in the second network interface, when it is determined that the first network interface is not operational; and a first transmission function for re-transmitting network data, received in a compatible format from a network source, in an incompatible format to a network destination, and a second transmission function for re-transmitting network data, received in the incompatible format from the network destination, in the compatible format to the network source when it is determined that a new protocol is needed.