CPC H04L 45/28 (2013.01) [H04L 41/0816 (2013.01); H04L 41/5051 (2013.01); H04L 45/745 (2013.01); H04L 67/1034 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method comprising:
receiving, from a customer system by a cloud exchange comprising processing circuitry, a request to communicatively couple a virtual gateway on network infrastructure of the cloud exchange to a network gateway communicatively coupled to a public network, the request including data indicating a public Internet Protocol (IP) address of the customer system, wherein the customer system is configured with a first connection communicatively coupling the customer system and the public network via a network service provider (NSP) that is separate from the cloud exchange, and wherein the customer system is colocated with the cloud exchange;
configuring, by the cloud exchange, a network route for a network gateway to the virtual gateway, the network gateway communicatively coupled to the public network; and
providing, by the cloud exchange to the network gateway, routing information including the public IP address of the customer system to create a second connection communicatively coupling the customer system and the public network via the network gateway and the virtual gateway of the cloud exchange.
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