System and method for controlling network access
AssigneeGlobalfoundries Inc.
InventorTerry L. Cole
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Abstract
A network tap device may include a processor, a first network interface responsive to the processor a second network interface responsive to the processor, the second network interface configured to provide wireless network access, and memory accessible to the processor. The memory may include a network access rule. The processor may be operable to permit network traffic to flow between the first network interface and the second network interface based at least in part on network traffic in a network coupled to the first network interface in accordance with the network access rule.
Claims19
A device comprising:
- a first network interface to couple to a first network;
- a second network interface to couple to a second network;
- a processor to monitor network traffic passed through the device between the first network interface and the second network interface;
- a third network interface responsive to the processor, the third network interface to provide a wireless network;
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- memory accessible to the processor, the memory including a network access rule, the processor to permit network traffic to flow between the first network interface and the third network interface based on the network traffic monitored at the processor in accordance with the network access rule, and a wireless device is to be permitted to register with the device via the third network interface based upon the network access rule, wherein the network access rule is configured to permit registration of a wireless network device via the first network interface based on the network traffic of the first network coupled to the first network interface.
A device comprising:
- a first network interface to couple to a first network;
- a second network interface to couple to a second network;
- a processor to monitor network traffic passed through the device between the first network interface and the second network interface;
- a third network interface responsive to the processor, the third network interface to provide a wireless network;
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- memory accessible to the processor, the memory including a network access rule, the processor to permit network traffic to flow between the first network interface and the third network interface based on the network traffic monitored at the processor in accordance with the network access rule,
- wherein the network access rule is to permit network traffic to flow between the first and third network interfaces based on a comparison of network traffic between the first and second network interfaces to an average network traffic between the first and second network interfaces for a particular time.
A device comprising:
- a processor;
- a first network interface responsive to the processor and to couple to a first network;
- a second network interface responsive to the processor and to couple to a second network;
- a third network interface responsive to the processor, the third network interface to provide a wireless network;
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- memory accessible to the processor, the memory including a network access rule, the processor to permit registration of a wireless device and to permit network traffic to flow between the first network interface and the third network based on network traffic to the first network coupled to the first network interface in accordance with the network access rule, wherein the network access rule is configured to permit registration of a wireless network device via the first network interface based on the network traffic of the first network coupled to the first network interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.