Systems, methods, and devices for offloading best path computations in a networked computing environment. A method includes storing in memory, by a best path controller, a listing of a plurality of paths learnt by a device, wherein each of the plurality of paths is a route for transmitting data from the device to a destination device. The method includes receiving, by the best path controller, a message from the device. The method includes processing, by the best path controller, a best path computation to identify one or more best paths based on the message such that processing of the best path computation is offloaded from the device to the best path controller. The method includes sending the one or more best paths to the device.

A system includes a first aggregated networking device that is coupled to a second aggregated networking device via an inter-aggregated-networking-device link and that is configured to provide a first portion of a link aggregation to a connected device, The first aggregated networking device receives a first packet via a first aggregated port that is included in the first aggregated networking device and that provides the first portion of the link aggregation to the connected device. The first packet includes first information for synchronizing at least one process running in the first aggregated networking device with respective corresponding processes running in the second aggregated networking device. The first aggregated networking device copies, using a first network processing system, the first packet to provide a first copied packet and provides, using the first network processing system, the first copied packet to the second aggregated networking device via the inter-aggregated-networking-device link.

A gateway device receives interface information sent by an interface extension device, where an Ethernet interface of the interface extension device is connected to a target Ethernet interface of the gateway device, and the interface information includes an interface type and a media access control (MAC) address of a first non-Ethernet interface of the interface extension device. The gateway device creates a first virtual interface on the target Ethernet interface based on the interface information, where the first virtual interface corresponds to the first non-Ethernet interface, and an interface type of the first virtual interface is an Ethernet interface. The gateway device sends an interface creation success notification to the interface extension device. The gateway device may obtain data of the first non-Ethernet interface through the first virtual interface, thereby implementing interface extension of the gateway device.

Top-of-rack (TOR) switches are connected to a network fabric of a data center. Each TOR switch corresponds to a respective rack of the data center, and is configured to provide access to the network fabric for computing devices mounted in the respective rack. A request is received, from a client device via a portal of the data center, to provide IP connectivity to one or more computing devices mounted in a rack. IP addresses are assigned that correspond to the IP connectivity. A virtual network is created in a network fabric of the data center. The created virtual network is associated with the assigned IP addresses. One or more of the TOR switches are configured to connect one or more ports of each respective TOR switch to the created virtual network.

A wireless communication system for a moving vehicle, said wireless communication system comprising: a plurality of routers, each router being configured to receive and transmit wireless data communication to and from a stationary communication server outside the moving vehicle through at least one exterior mobile network via at least one antenna; receive and transmit data packets to and from at least one client onboard the moving vehicle; and communicate with every other router in said moving vehicle in order to receive and transmit data packets to and from said every other router, thereby forming an onboard router network. Each router is arranged to receive a media access control address (MAC address) from any client connecting to the onboard router network, and wherein each router is provided with a set of MAC address representations, representing MAC addresses to accept or to ignore, and wherein each router is arranged to analyze said received MAC address and compare it to its set of MAC address representations, and to determine, based on said analysis whether to accept or ignore said client. Hereby, a very efficient and scalable client balancing is obtained, which also provides redundancy.

A wireless communication system for a moving vehicle, said wireless communication system comprising: a plurality of routers, each router being configured to receive and transmit wireless data communication to and from a stationary communication server outside the moving vehicle through at least one exterior mobile network via at least one antenna; receive and transmit data packets to and from at least one client onboard the moving vehicle; and communicate with every other router in said moving vehicle in order to receive and transmit data packets to and from said every other router, thereby forming an onboard router network. Each router is arranged to receive a media access control address (MAC address) from any client connecting to the onboard router network, and wherein each router is provided with a set of MAC address representations, representing MAC addresses to accept or to ignore, and wherein each router is arranged to analyze said received MAC address and compare it to its set of MAC address representations, and to determine, based on said analysis whether to accept or ignore said client. Hereby, a very efficient and scalable client balancing is obtained, which also provides redundancy.

A first network device is configured with a rule preventing network traffic from travelling from the first network device to one or more other network devices. The first network device is configured to receive and distribute network traffic to the one or more other network devices. A second network device receives and distributes network traffic to the one or more other network devices. The first network device determines that the second network device has failed. In response to determining that the second network device has failed, the first network device removes the rule so that the first network device receives and distributes network traffic to the one or more other network devices.

In one embodiment, a method includes determining, by a first router, service level agreement (SLA) requirements for an application and generating, by the first router, first SLA characteristics for the first router. The first router is in an active mode within a network. The method also includes comparing, by the first router, the first SLA characteristics for the first router to the SLA requirements and determining, by the first router, second SLA characteristics for a second router. The second router is in a standby mode within the network. The method further includes comparing, by the first router, the second SLA characteristics for the second router to the SLA requirements and determining, by the first router, whether to lower a first hop redundancy protocol (FHRP) priority of the first router.

A method for processing state information updates. The method includes receiving, by a coordination point, a plurality of state information from a plurality of network elements; processing at least one of the plurality of state information to generate a result; and applying the result to at least one of the plurality of network elements in order to modify an operation of the at least one of the plurality of network elements.

A method for processing state information updates. The method includes receiving, by a coordination point, a plurality of state information from a plurality of network elements; processing at least one of the plurality of state information to generate a result; and applying the result to at least one of the plurality of network elements in order to modify an operation of the at least one of the plurality of network elements.