METHOD AND STRUCTURE FOR AUTOCONFIGURATION OF OVERLAY NETWORKS BY AUTOMATIC SELECTION OF A NETWORK DESIGNATED ROUTER

    公开(公告)号:CA2488838A1

    公开(公告)日:2003-12-31

    申请号:CA2488838

    申请日:2003-04-15

    Applicant: IBM

    Abstract: A method (and structure) for automatically configuring a network including a plurality of interconnected computers, includes configuring more than one of the plurality of computers to assume a role as a designated router (202) whi ch determines a current network configuration (204) by determining which computers are currently on-line, using this determined current network configuration (204) to determine a current network topology (205) that defin es a neighborhood relationship among the interconnected computers currently on- line, and communicating the current network topology to the network. The method also includes defining a priority criterion (203) and automatically selecting one of the computers according to the priority criterion to serve the role as designated router.

    METHOD AND STRUCTURE FOR AUTOCONFIGURATION OF OVERLAY NETWORKS BY AUTOMATIC SELECTION OF A NETWORK DESIGNATED ROUTER

    公开(公告)号:AU2003243141A1

    公开(公告)日:2004-01-06

    申请号:AU2003243141

    申请日:2003-04-15

    Applicant: IBM

    Abstract: A method (and structure) for automatically configuring a network including a plurality of interconnected computers, includes configuring more than one of the plurality of computers to assume a role as a designated router which determines a current network configuration by determining which computers are currently on-line, using this determined current network configuration to determine a current network topology that defines a neighborhood relationship among the interconnected computers currently on-line, and communicating the current network topology to the network. The method also includes defining a priority criterion and automatically selecting one of the computers according to the priority criterion to serve the role as designated router.

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