Bridging Based Upon Media Access Control Address

摘要

Methods, systems, and computer readable media can be operable to facilitate packet bridging based upon a host device address. An access point may identify a source or destination address associated with a received packet, wherein the address identifies an associated host device. When the destination address of a downstream data packet matches an address associated with the access point, the access point may route the packet to a destination within a local area network (LAN). When the source address of an upstream data packet identifies a host device for which communications are to be bridged, the access point may bridge the data packet to a wide area network (WAN). An access point may identify a multicast or broadcast downstream data packet and the access point may flood the packet to both a route and a bridge routine. The bridging determination may be made by a dual-layer WAN or LAN interface.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving a downstream data packet at a first interface of an access point; identifying a destination address from the downstream data packet, wherein the destination address identifies a destination of the downstream data packet; comparing the destination address to an address associated with the first interface of the access point; and selectively bridging the downstream data packet from the first interface of the access point to a second interface of the access point based upon the comparison between the destination address and the address associated with the first interface of the access point.