| 摘要 |
A method includes receiving (505) downlink packets from multiple physical Ethernet interfaces (130, 330a-330b) and selectively discarding (515) some of the downlink packets based on a packet filtering criterion. The method also includes updating (535) a network connectivity database (487) using address information in non-discarded downlink packets. The method further includes mapping (540) a path for each of the non-discarded downlink packets using the database and transmitting (545) the non-discarded downlink packets to a single network interface (113). The method could also include receiving (605) an uplink packet from the single network interface, selecting (630) a primary physical Ethernet interface from the multiple physical Ethernet interfaces based on information in the database, and transmitting (650) the uplink packet through the selected primary physical Ethernet interface. |
