Patent ID: 7434088

Claim:
A method of network connection fault correction in a redundant network system comprising a first network machine, a second network machine, and a fault router, each being connected to first and second parallel redundant networks and each having a routing table, the method comprising the steps of: selecting a first one of the redundant networks as a primary pathway for communicating to the first network machine, wherein a second one of the redundant networks is a primary pathway for communicating to the second network machine; detecting a fault in the connection of the first network machine to the first one of the redundant networks; and notifying the second network machine and the fault router to modify their routing tables to indicate that the second one of the redundant networks is a primary pathway for communicating to the first network machine, and that the fault router via the first one of the redundant networks is an alternate pathway for communicating to the first network machine, whereby transmissions directed to the first network machine by way of the fault router via the first one of the redundant networks will be forwarded on the second network to the first network machine.