Patent ID: 8064362

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: a first interface coupled with a first associated network; a second interface coupled with a second associated network; optimization logic in communication with the first and second interfaces; a memory configured to maintain data correlating networks with peer identifiers, the memory being coupled with the optimization logic; wherein the optimization logic sends a first advertisement on a second interface, the first advertisement containing data representative of a network coupled with the first interface; wherein the optimization logic receives on the first interface from a destination device having an address associated with the first associated network, a response packet for establishing a session with the destination device, wherein the source address of the packet is the address of the destination device; wherein the optimization logic is configured to forward the response packet unchanged onto the second interface; wherein the optimization logic is further configured to query a routing table stored in the memory for locating an entry in the routing table that matches the source address of the response packet responsive to receiving the response packet for establishing a session; and wherein the optimization logic is configured to send a subsequent advertisement on the second interface, the routing table entry located corresponding to the source address of the response packet responsive to receiving the response packet for establishing a session and locating the entry in the routing table.