Patent ID: 9088546
Filing Date: 2015-07-21
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of establishing an IPsec (Internet Protocol Security) VPN (Virtual Private Network) tunnel, comprising: receiving, by an access node of a wireless mesh network, a user configuration, wherein the user configuration includes a type of traffic; determining an internal interface of the access node based on the type of traffic from at least one physical interface or at least one logical interface, wherein if the type of traffic includes IP traffic, then one of the at least one physical interface is selected, and if the type of traffic includes non-IP traffic, then one of the at least one logical interface is selected; dynamically determining a local endpoint address for the IPsec VPN tunnel based on whether the selected internal interface is the one of the at least one physical interfaces, the one of the at least one logical interfaces, and whether another IPSec VPN tunnel is already utilizing the selected internal interface, wherein dynamically determining the local endpoint address for the IPsec VPN tunnel comprises determining the local endpoint address to be an address of the selected physical interface if the selected internal interface includes the one of the at least one physical interface physical interface, and a prior IPsec VPN tunnel is not using the selected physical interface; establishing the IPsec VPN tunnel through the selected internal interface of the wireless mesh network access node using the selected local endpoint address; and encapsulating non-IP packets of non-IP traffic within IP packets.