LOW-PROCESSOR-LOAD AGGREGATION

摘要

A system includes a low-processor-load aggregation device (250) having (a) at least one multi-channel device (218, 228, 238), the multi-chanel device (218, 228, 238) having at least one internal network tag associated with at least one network station (108, 112), and (b) a host-processor-controlled routing device (204) operably coupled with the internal network (102), the host-processor-controlled routing device (204) configured to coordinate at least one network address with the internal network tag (s) associated with the network station (s) (108, 112). Other embodiments include methods for coordinating an external network-station packet with an internal private-network address of a low-processor-load aggregation device (250), and coordinating an external network-station control message with an internal private-network address of a low-processor-load aggregation device