US 11,706,185 B2
Address resolution protocol (ARP) response to ARP requests
Abilash Menon, Boxborough, MA (US)
Assigned to Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed by Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/649,634.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/263,264, filed on Oct. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0136743 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 61/103 (2022.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01)
CPC H04L 61/103 (2013.01) [H04L 12/4641 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device comprising:
one or more processors;
memory coupled to the one or more processors, the memory storing instructions that upon execution cause one or more processors to:
receive a first address resolution protocol (ARP) request from an active network device and a second ARP request from a backup network device;
in response to receiving the first ARP request, send a first ARP response to the active network device; and
in response to receiving the first ARP request and the second ARP request, refrain from sending a second ARP response to the backup network device.