Patent ID: 8344736
Filing Date: 2013-01-01
Classification: H04L,Y04S

Abstract:
1. A method for identifying improper cabling of devices connected to redundant communication networks, the method comprising: in response to receiving, via a receiving port of a receiving device, from a first sending device, a message including a network identifier, establishing, by the receiving device, a first connect status; in response to determining that an identifier of the receiving port does not match the network identifier, establishing a first error event; in response to receiving, via the receiving port of the receiving device, from a second sending device, a second message including a network identifier, establishing, by the receiving device, a second connect status; in response to determining that the identifier of the receiving port does not match the network identifier of the second message, establishing a second error event; and identifying an improper cabling at the receiving device and/or the first sending device, or the second sending device based on one or more of: