Patent ID: 7581010

Claim:
A method, comprising: providing a first local connection translation table to a first peer that is attached to a first network attachment point, the first peer being in a network connection with a second peer that is attached to a second network attachment point; storing original connection specification of the first and second network attachment points to the first local connection translation table, the original connection specification including an original address and an original port for each attachment point; storing updated connection specification of the first and second network attachment to the first local connection table when one of the first and second peer switches from the initial network attachment point to a new network attachment point, the updated connection specification including at least one of a new address or a new port that corresponds to the new network attachment point; translating an outgoing connection specification of an outbound network protocol unit to the updated connection specification using the first local connection translation table, when the outgoing connection specification corresponds to the original connection specification; and sending the outbound network protocol unit from the first peer and the second peer via the new attachment point.