Granted Patent
Utility
US 5,796,740 · App. 08/864,281
Router using multiple hop redirect messages to enable bridge like data forwarding
Inventors:
Radia J. Perlman, Alan J. Kirby, Floyd Backes, Charles W. Kaufman
Patented Case
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Granted: Aug 18, 1998
Filed: May 28, 1997
Inventors
Radia J. Perlman
Alan J. Kirby
Floyd Backes
Charles W. Kaufman
Assignee (at issue)
Cabletron Systems, Inc.
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