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Patent US7881208 - Gateway load balancing protocol - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inAdvanced Patent SearchPatentsGateway load balancing and failover methods, apparatus and systems use more than one gateway device in a gateway device group for communications directed outside of a LAN. In the load balancing arrangement, hosts that send ARP messages to a shared virtual IP address receive replies from one of the gateway...http://www.google.co.uk/patents/US7881208?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7881208 - Gateway load balancing protocolAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS7881208 B1Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 09/883,674Publication date1 Feb 2011Filing date18 Jun 2001Priority date18 Jun 2001Fee statusPaidPublication number09883674, 883674, US 7881208 B1, US 7881208B1, US-B1-7881208, US7881208 B1, US7881208B1InventorsThomas J. Nosella, Ian Herbert WilsonOriginal AssigneeCisco Technology, Inc.Export CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (105), Non-Patent Citations (263), Referenced by (33), Classifications (22), Legal Events (2) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetGateway load balancing protocol
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