Patent ID: 8327002

Claim:
A method for establishing routes to neighboring networks during an initialization sequence according to a prioritized order, the method comprising: detecting a power-cycling event; accessing a plurality of identifiers stored in a memory device that persisted through the power-cycling event, wherein: each of the plurality of identifiers is associated with one of a plurality of networks; the plurality of networks comprises: one or more first networks that are coupled to network endpoints; and one or more second networks that are capable of coupling to the one or more first networks; for each network in the plurality of networks, accessing a respective priority field in the memory device, wherein: the respective priority field is associated with the network, and the respective priority field is based on: an order in which communications should be established with the network, and application layer information network traffic occurring prior to the most recent power-cycling event; causing a processing function to attempt to establish communications with each of the plurality of networks, wherein the attempts to establish communications each comprises an initial attempt, and wherein the initial attempts are ordered based on the respective priority field associated with each of the plurality of networks.