| US 7,516,211 B1 | ||
| Methods and apparatus to configure a communication port | ||
| Douglas A. Gourlay, Sausalito, Calif. (US); Prashant P. Gandhi, San Jose, Calif. (US); Omar G. Abuabara, San Francisco, Calif. (US); and Sachin Gupta, Santa Clara, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Aug. 05, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/634,345. | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 15/173 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 709—224 [709/223; 709/245; 370/356; 370/419] | 18 Claims |
| 1. In a data communication device including multiple communication ports, a method of configuring at least one of the communication
ports, the method comprising:
monitoring a communications protocol associated with a remote device on a given communication port of the data communication
device without participating in the communications protocol;
detecting that the remote device uses a particular protocol in which to communicate through the given communication port with
a network resource;
based on the monitored communications, detecting an attribute of the remote device;
in response to detecting the attribute of the remote device, retrieving one of multiple configuration profiles corresponding
to the attribute of the remote device; and
configuring the given communication port of the data communication device with the retrieved one of multiple configuration
profiles to support future communications with the remote device, wherein configuring the given communication port includes
configuring the given communication port to communicate using the particular protocol used by the remote device to communicate
through the given communication port.
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