Abstract: Various examples may include an apparatus including a memory to store ingressing data or egressing data, a timer to generate a timing signal responsive to a user-configurable time interval, and a circuit to move the ingressing data or the egressing data from the memory at least partially responsive to the timing signal generated by the timer. Various examples may include a method including receiving a data packet at a network-facing interface, writing data of the data packet into a memory, receiving a timing signal, and responsive to the timing signal, providing the data from the memory at a device-facing interface. Various examples may include a method including receiving data at a device-facing interface, writing the data to a memory, receiving a timing signal, and responsive to the timing signal, providing a data packet including the data at a network-facing interface. Related devices, systems and methods are also disclosed.

Abstract: Various examples may include an apparatus including a memory to store ingressing data or egressing data, a timer to generate a timing signal responsive to a user-configurable time interval, and a circuit to move the ingressing data or the egressing data from the memory at least partially responsive to the timing signal generated by the timer. Various examples may include a method including receiving a data packet at a network-facing interface, writing data of the data packet into a memory, receiving a timing signal, and responsive to the timing signal, providing the data from the memory at a device-facing interface. Various examples may include a method including receiving data at a device-facing interface, writing the data to a memory, receiving a timing signal, and responsive to the timing signal, providing a data packet including the data at a network-facing interface. Related devices, systems and methods are also disclosed.

Abstract: Information is shared between switches such as bridges to facilitate efficient forwarding of data. In some embodiments consistency is maintained between information stored in filtering databases for IEEE 802.1D or 802.1Q bridges. When a switch does not have an entry in a filtering database that matches a destination address in a received frame, the switch may send information with the forwarded frame indicating that the switch had no entry for the destination address. When a switch that has an entry for a given destination address receives a frame along with an indication that the sender did not have an entry or has a different entry for the destination address, the switch may send its information corresponding to the destination address to other switches.

Abstract: Information is shared between switches such as bridges to facilitate efficient forwarding of data. In some embodiments consistency is maintained between information stored in filtering databases for IEEE 802.1D or 802.1Q bridges. When a switch does not have an entry in a filtering database that matches a destination address in a received frame, the switch may send information with the forwarded frame indicating that the switch had no entry for the destination address. When a switch that has an entry for a given destination address receives a frame along with an indication that the sender did not have an entry or has a different entry for the destination address, the switch may send its information corresponding to the destination address to other switches.