Patent ID: 8706908

Claim:
A method for link layer address proxying comprising: receiving a first data packet from a first client device, the first data packet having a first source data link layer address field and a first source network layer address field; determining a first data link layer address value from the first source data link layer address field, the first data link layer address value associated with the first client device; determining a first network layer address value from the first source network layer address field, the first network layer address value associated with the first client device; determining whether the first data link layer address value is listed in a proxy table, and if so: translating the first data link layer address value into a proxy data link layer address value assigned to the first client device; replacing the first data link layer address value within the first source data link layer address field with the proxy data link layer address value to produce a first proxied data packet; and forwarding the first proxied data packet to a destination device; otherwise if the first data link layer address value is not listed in the proxy table, forwarding the first data packet unchanged to the destination device.