公开(公告)号：EP0853406A3

公开(公告)日：2001-02-21

申请号：EP98100064.9

申请日：1998-01-05

Applicant: Compaq Computer Corporation

Inventor： Ben-Michael, Simoni ,  Perlman, Shuki ,  Ben-Nun, Michael ,  Ben-Shachar, Yifat

IPC: H04L12/46

CPC classification number: H04L49/351 ,  H04L49/201 ,  H04L49/254

Abstract: Management of a repeater is accomplished by the repeater having segment busses connected to ports of the repeater. A switch engine forwards a packet that is broadcast onto a segment bus by a port which received the packet from an ethernet network. An arbitration unit determines which port is permitted to broadcast a packet onto a segment bus. A management unit receives an order to transfer a selected port from segment bus to a second segment bus, and the arbitration unit is activated in order to prevent any port from broadcasting a packet onto the first and second segment busses until the transfer of the selected port from the first segment bus to the second segment bus is accomplished.