Patent ID: 8626883
Filing Date: 2014-01-07
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for inserting into a forwarding database associated with a network service of a network an address reserved for testing use comprising: receiving a packet forming a part of a testing message, the packet comprising the address reserved for testing use and an indication that the address is to be inserted into the forwarding database associated with the network service, wherein the packet is received at a first node and the address reserved for testing use was not used as an address to route the packet to the first node; adding the address reserved for testing use to the forwarding database associated with the network service; and using a communication interface to notify a second node associated with the network service that the address is associated with the first node, wherein the first node notifies the second node and the second node stores in a second node forwarding table an association between the address reserved for testing use and a path to the first node.