US 11,677,660 B2
Fallback service through a cloud exchange for network service provider connections
Arifulla Baig Mohammad, Mountain House, CA (US); Sudhanva Gnaneshwar, Livermore, CA (US); and Rajah Kalipatnapu, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to EQUINIX, INC., Redwood City, CA (US)
Filed by Equinix, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/302,368.
Prior Publication US 2022/0353177 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 45/28 (2022.01); H04L 41/0816 (2022.01); H04L 41/5051 (2022.01); H04L 45/745 (2022.01); H04L 67/1034 (2022.01)
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
OG exemplary drawing
 
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.