JP6417720B2 - Communication apparatus, network system, address resolution control method and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a communication apparatus, a network system, an address resolution control method, and a program.

  In IPv4 (Internet Protocol version 4), ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) is used for address resolution in the data link layer. In order to acquire a MAC (Media Access Control) address corresponding to the IP (Internet Protocol) address of the communication partner, an ARP request frame is transmitted by broadcast. The MAC address is a unique ID (12HEX-DIGIT) of the Ethernet (registered trademark) card. The ARP request frame includes an Ethernet (registered trademark) frame including a destination MAC address and source MAC address information in a header, a control information such as a protocol type, a code (1) indicating an ARP request, and a source MAC address. An ARP packet including an address, a source IP address, a target MAC address (0 because of unknown), and target IP address information is provided. The destination MAC address of the ARP request frame is all 1 (FFFFFFFFFFFF: hexadecimal display) and is broadcast in the same subnet. When the target IP address of the ARP request frame matches the IP address of the own node, the network node that has received the ARP request frame transmits an ARP response frame in which the MAC address of the own node is stored in the target MAC address. Reply by unicast. That is, in the ARP response frame, the MAC address of the ARP request frame transmission source and the MAC address of the node of the ARP response frame transmission source are set in the destination MAC address and the transmission source MAC address, respectively, and a code indicating that it is an ARP response : 2 is set, and the MAC address of the node that sent the ARP response frame is set as the target MAC address. The transmission source of the ARP request frame stores the target MAC address of the received ARP response frame in the ARP cache or the like. Note that ARP for different domains (different subnets) is performed via, for example, a default gateway (router). As for ARP, for example, IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) RFC (Request For Comments) 826 is referred to.

  In connection with ARP, for example, Patent Document 1 discloses a communication device and a communication method capable of reducing the concentration of ARP resolution at the time of communication occurrence and reducing communication interruption time by performing ARP resolution in advance. It is disclosed.

JP 2014-3449 A

  The analysis of related technology is given below.

  When the ARP request frame is broadcast in, for example, a layer 2 network (layer 2 access network), the layer 2 switch (L2 switch) that has received the ARP request frame forwards it to all ports other than the input port (flooding). . Similarly, other L2 switches receive and flood the broadcasted ARP request frame. As a result of flooding at each L2 switch, the ARP request frame overflows in the layer 2 network, and the bandwidth of the network is compressed. Further, when the broadcast ARP request frame is transferred in a loop between the L2 switches, the transfer is repeated infinitely. As a result, a broadcast storm may occur in which a broadcast ARP request frame uses up the network bandwidth.

  The present invention was devised in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and its purpose is to provide an apparatus, system, method, and program that can suppress network bandwidth compression caused by a broadcast address resolution request. It is to provide.

  According to one aspect of the present invention, the first means for acquiring in advance a list of information in which the first layer address and the second layer address of the network node are associated with each other and storing them in the storage unit; When the address resolution request for resolving the address of the second layer corresponding to the address of the first layer is received, the storage unit is referred to, and the address of the first layer specified in the address resolution request is set. When the corresponding second layer address is stored, a response including the second layer address stored in the storage unit is transmitted to the source of the address resolution request. A communication device (node device) provided with means is provided.

  According to another aspect of the present invention, a communication device, a first node that performs routing based on a first layer address, and the communication device and the node that performs the routing are connected, A first network including a switch that performs switching using a hierarchical address, and the communication device displays a list of information in which a first hierarchical address and a second hierarchical address are associated with each other. When receiving an address resolution request for resolving the address of the second hierarchy corresponding to the address of the first hierarchy from the first node, storing the memory in the storage section in advance. If the second layer address corresponding to the address of the first layer specified in the address resolution request is stored, the second layer address stored in the storage unit is stored. A response containing, transmits to the sender of the address resolution request, the network system is provided.

According to still another aspect of the present invention, a list of information in which the first layer address and the second layer address of the network node are associated with each other is obtained in advance and stored in the storage unit,
When an address resolution request for resolving a second layer address corresponding to a first layer address is received, the storage unit is referred to and the first layer address specified in the address resolution request is supported. When a second layer address to be stored is stored, a response including the second layer address stored in the storage unit is transmitted to a transmission source of the address resolution request, and the address resolution is performed. An address resolution control method is provided for transferring the received address resolution request to the next node when the address of the first hierarchy specified in the request is not stored in the storage unit.

  According to still another aspect of the present invention, a first process of acquiring in advance a list of information in which a first hierarchy address and a second hierarchy address of a network node are associated with each other and storing them in a storage unit When the address resolution request for resolving the address of the second hierarchy corresponding to the address of the first hierarchy is received, the address of the first hierarchy designated by the address resolution request is referred to the storage unit Is stored in the storage unit, a response including the address of the second layer stored in the storage unit is transmitted to the source of the address resolution request. A program for causing a computer constituting the communication apparatus to execute the above-described processing is provided. According to the present invention, a medium (non-transitory recording medium) such as a computer-readable semiconductor memory or a magnetic / optical recording medium in which the program is recorded is provided.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to prevent the broadcast address resolution request from overflowing and compressing the network bandwidth.

It is a figure explaining the basic composition of the present invention. It is a figure explaining the structure of CPE of the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure explaining the structure of the router of the 1st Embodiment of this invention. (A) is a figure explaining the routing table of the 1st Embodiment of this invention. FIG. 5B is a diagram illustrating the IP table according to the first embodiment of this invention. It is a figure explaining the operation | movement sequence from issuing of an IP table request message to IP table production | generation recording in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure explaining the operation | movement sequence from ARP request frame reception to ARP response frame transmission in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. (A) is an IP table request message in the first embodiment, and (B) is a diagram illustrating an IP table response message. It is a flowchart explaining an example of operation | movement (ARP request frame transmission to ARP response frame transmission) of the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure explaining the basic concept of the communication apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a figure explaining the basic concept of the network system which concerns on this invention. It is a figure explaining the address resolution control method which concerns on this invention.

  First, the basic concept of the present invention will be described, and then described according to the embodiment. Referring to FIG. 9, the communication device (node device) 10 according to the present invention obtains in advance a list of information in which the first layer address and the second layer address of the node connected to the network are associated with each other. In order to resolve the first layer (first control unit) 10-1 stored in the storage unit (storage unit) 10-3 and the address of the second layer corresponding to the address of the first layer When the address resolution request is received, the storage unit (storage unit) 10-3 is referred to, and the address of the first hierarchy specified in the address resolution request is stored in the storage unit (storage unit) 10-3. The second layer address corresponding to the first layer address is acquired from the storage means (storage unit) 10-3, and the second layer address corresponding to the first layer address is acquired. A response containing an address to the address resolution And second means (second control unit) 10-2 to transmit to the request of the sender, and a. The first means 10-1 and the second means 10-2 may be realized by the computer constituting the communication device 10 with the processing and functions.

  Referring to FIG. 10, in the system according to the present invention, the communication device 10 is connected to a node 13 via a network 12 including a switch that performs switching using an address in the second hierarchy. The communication device 10 acquires information for associating the address of the first layer and the address of the second layer from the node 13 that performs routing based on the address of the first layer. The node 13 is a first hierarchy of network nodes (DTE (Data Terminal Equipment)) 15 and 16 connected to a target network (for example, the network 14) for routing (routing) using addresses of the first hierarchy. In response to an information acquisition request from the communication device 10, the first layer addresses of the nodes (communication devices) 15 and 16 managed as routing information are transmitted to the communication device 10. The communication device 10 stores and holds the address of the second layer of the node 13 that performs routing as the address of the second layer corresponding to the address of the first layer of the nodes (communication devices) 15 and 16. Also good.

  For example, when the communication apparatus 10 receives an address resolution request broadcast from the network 11, for example, when the first hierarchy address specified in the address resolution request is stored and held, the communication apparatus 10 stores the first hierarchy address. A second layer address corresponding to the address is acquired, and a response including the second layer address corresponding to the first layer address is transmitted to the source of the address resolution request of the network 11 by unicast. .

  If the communication device 10 does not store and hold the address of the first layer designated by the address resolution request, the communication device 10 performs the switching using the address of the second layer by broadcasting the address resolution request. To the network 12 including the switch. In this case, when the address resolution request reaches the node 13, it is broadcasted to the network 14 (domain) connected to the node 13, for example.

  Referring to FIG. 11, in the method according to the present invention, a list of information in which the addresses of the first hierarchy and the addresses of the second hierarchy are associated with each other is acquired in advance and stored in the storage unit (step S11).

  When the broadcast address resolution request is received (step S12), the storage unit is referred to and it is determined whether or not the address of the first hierarchy designated by the address resolution request is stored and held (step S13). .

  If the address of the first hierarchy is stored and held (Yes branch of step S13), a response including the address of the second hierarchy corresponding to the address of the first hierarchy is sent to the address resolution request. The data is transmitted to the transmission source (step S14).

  If the address of the first hierarchy specified in the address resolution request is not stored (No branch in step S13), the received address resolution request is transferred (step S15).

  According to one aspect of the present invention, the CPE (for example, the communication apparatus in FIG. 10) that acquired the IP address information under the router (for example, 2 in FIG. 1 or 13 in FIG. 10) from the router is changed to (1st layer address) and MAC address (second layer address) correspondence information is received, and when the ARP request frame is received by the CPE, if the requested IP address is retained, an ARP response Returns the frame. The CPE does not broadcast the ARP request frame to the layer 2 network connecting the CPE and the router. As a result, it is avoided that the ARP request frame broadcast on the layer 2 network between the CPE and the router overflows and compresses the network bandwidth. Note that CPE (Customer Premises Equipment: customer premises equipment or subscriber premises equipment) is a subscriber premises equipment connected to a network of a telecommunications carrier, such as a router or a switch. The CPE is connected to, for example, a layer 2 access network via a circuit terminating equipment (or the CPE may be a circuit terminating apparatus).

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FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating the entire exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, CPE 1 is connected to layer 2 network (layer 2 access network) 3 at port 101, and router 2 is connected to layer 2 network 3 at port 202. The router 2 is connected to a LAN (Local Area Network) (for example, the network 14 in FIG. 10) through a port 201. In FIG. 1, a CPE 1 is connected to, for example, a wide area network or the like via a port 102 at an access line (eg, a layer 2 network).

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating the configuration of the CPE 1 in FIG. Referring to FIG. 2, the CPE 1 includes a port 101 and a port 102, a first frame distribution unit 103, a layer 2 switching unit 104, an ARP frame generation unit 106, an IP table message reception unit 107, and a first IP table message generation. Means 108 and IP table information holding means 109 are provided.

  The ports 101 and 102 are interfaces compliant with LAN (Local Area Network) standards (for example, IEEE (The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc) 802).

  The first frame distribution means 103 searches the received frame contents, selects any one of the ARP frame generation means 106, the IP table message reception means 107, and the layer 2 switching means 104, and sends the received frame to the selected means. Forward.

  When receiving the ARP request frame via the port 102, the first frame distribution unit 103 selects the ARP frame generation unit 106. When receiving an IP table message from the router 2 via the port 101, the first frame distribution unit 103 selects the IP table message reception unit 107. When a frame other than these is received, the layer 2 switching means 104 is selected and the received frame is transferred.

  The layer 2 switching means 104 has a switching mechanism in layer 2 defined by an OSI (Open Systems Interconnection) reference model established by the ISO (the International Organization for Standardization).

  The ARP frame generation unit 106 generates an ARP response frame from the ARP request frame received from the first frame distribution unit 103 and the information held by the IP table information holding unit 109, and transfers it to the layer 2 switching unit 104.

  The IP table message receiving unit 107 generates an IP table (FIG. 4B) from the IP table response message (FIG. 7B) transmitted from the router 2 and records it in the IP table information holding unit 109.

  The first IP table message generation unit 108 refers to the IP table information holding unit 109, generates an IP table request message (FIG. 7A), and transfers it to the layer 2 switching unit 104.

  The IP table information holding unit 109 holds the IP table information (FIG. 4B) generated by the IP table message receiving unit 107.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating the configuration of the router 2 in FIG. Referring to FIG. 3, the router 2
Port 201 and port 202, second frame distribution means 203, layer 3 routing means 204, routing table holding means 206, and second IP table message generation means 208 are provided.

  The port 201 and the port 202 are interfaces defined by the IEEE 802 standard.

  The second frame distribution unit 203 searches the content of the received frame (or packet), selects the second IP table message generation unit 208 or the layer 3 routing unit 204, and transfers the frame to the selected unit. To do.

  When the second frame distribution unit 203 receives an IP table message from the CPE 1 via the port 202, the second frame distribution unit 203 selects the second IP table message generation unit 208. The second frame distribution unit 203 selects the layer 3 routing unit 204 when receiving other packets.

  The layer 3 routing unit 204 has a routing function in layer 3 defined by the OSI reference model established by ISO, and includes a routing table holding unit 206. The routing table holding unit 206 holds a routing table (FIG. 4A) generated by a routing protocol RIP (Routing Information Protocol) or OSPF (Open Shortest Path First).

  The second IP table message generation means 208 refers to the routing table holding means 206 from the IP table request message (FIG. 7A) received from the second frame distribution means 203, and sends an IP table response message (FIG. 7 (B)) and transfer the generated IP table response message to the layer 3 routing means 204.

  When the CPE 1 makes an ARP response, the CPE 1 exchanges information with the router 2 using the message format shown in FIGS. 7A and 7B.

  The IP table request message shown in FIG. 7A is issued from the CPE 1 to the router 2. When the router 2 receives the IP table request message from the CPE 1, the router 2 generates the IP table response message shown in FIG. The CPE 1 generates an IP table from the IP table response message and records it in the IP table information holding means 109.

  The above operation will be described in detail with reference to the sequence diagram of FIG. First, an operation of transmitting an IP table request message from the CPE 1 to the router 2 will be described.

  The CPE 1 detects the trigger at the first IP table message generation means 108 (step 301). Although not particularly limited, this trigger is triggered by the occurrence of an event such as when the CPE 1 is turned on or when T time has elapsed since the previous trigger detection. The first IP table message generating means 108 that has detected the trigger reads the IP table (FIG. 4B) from the IP table information holding means 109, and from the read result, the IP table request message (FIG. 7) addressed to the router 2. (A)) is generated (step 302).

  The IP table request message in FIG. 7A is an Ethernet (registered trademark) frame compliant with IEEE802.

  When the MAC address entry of the port and router 2 in the IP table of FIG. 4B is blank as the destination MAC address of FIG. 7A, the layer 2 broadcast address (all 1: FFFFFFFFFFFF) is set. To do. The source MAC address is set to the MAC address of CPE1.

  If the port and router MAC address entries in the IP table of FIG. 4B are not blank, the destination MAC address of FIG. 7A is held in the router MAC address entry of the IP table of FIG. 4B. Set MAC address.

The data field of the IP table request message in FIG.
-The message type indicates whether the message is a request or a response.
The number of entries indicates the number of IP addresses included in the IP table message. In the case of an IP table request message, since there is no IP address information, the number of entries is zero.
The time stamp records the date and time when the IP table message was generated.

  The first IP table message generator 108 forwards the IP table request message (FIG. 7A) to the layer 2 switching unit 104 (303).

  The layer 2 switching means 104 transmits the frame of the IP table request message by outputting the IP table request message (FIG. 7A) to the corresponding port (step 304). At this time, if the first IP table message generation unit 108 sets the broadcast address of the layer 2 network as the destination MAC address of the IP table request message (FIG. 7A) in step 302, the layer 2 The switching unit 104 transmits an IP table request message to the ports 101 and 102 of the CPE1.

  In step 302, the first IP table message generation means 108 sets the MAC address of the router 2 connected to the port 101 of the CPE 1 as the destination MAC address of the IP table request message (FIG. 7A). In this case, the layer 2 switching means 104 transmits an IP table request message to the port 101 of the CPE 1 and transmits it to the router 2 via the layer 2 network 3.

  Next, an operation for issuing an IP table response message when the router 2 receives an IP table request message will be described with reference to FIG.

  The router 2 receives an Ethernet (registered trademark) frame from the port 201 or 202 (step 305).

  The second frame distribution unit 203 determines whether or not the received Ethernet (registered trademark) frame is an IP table request message from the CPE 1. When the second frame distribution unit 203 receives the IP table request message from the CPE 1, the frame is transferred to the second IP table message generation unit 208 (step 306).

  The second IP table message generating unit 208 performs IP address entry for the IP address entry of the IP table response message (FIG. 7B) from the routing table (FIG. 4A) held by the routing table holding unit 206. An IP address other than the port that received the table request message (in this case, port 202) is copied (step 307).

  When a plurality of IP addresses are registered in the routing table (FIG. 4A) held by the routing table holding means 206, the IP address entry of the IP table response message (FIG. 7B) is registered. The number of entries is created, and the number of entries is set in the IP table response message (FIG. 7B).

  Next, the IP table response message (FIG. 7B) is transferred to the layer 3 routing means 204 (step 308) and output to the corresponding port (step 309). In this case, since the IP table request message from the CPE 1 is received at the port 202 of the router 2, the router 2 transmits an IP table response message to the port 202.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 5, the operation of receiving an IP table response message from the router 2 at the CPE 1 and recording the IP table in the IP table information holding means 109 will be described.

  The CPE 1 receives the Ethernet (registered trademark) frame from the port 101 or 102, and the first frame distribution means 103 determines whether it is an IP table response message (step 310).

  When the first frame distribution unit 103 receives the IP table response message, the frame is transferred to the IP table message reception unit 107 (step 311).

  The IP table message receiving unit 107 generates an IP table (FIG. 4B) from the IP table response message (FIG. 7B) and records it in the IP table information holding unit 109 (step 312).

  Here, the correspondence between the IP table (FIG. 4B) and the IP table response message (FIG. 7B) will be described.

  The entry of “IP address” in the IP table in FIG. 4B corresponds to the entry of “IP address” in the IP table response message in FIG. 7B.

  The entry of “port” in the IP table of FIG. 4B corresponds to the port number of CPE1 that has received the IP table response message of FIG. 7B. In the case of FIG. 1, since the CPE 1 receives the IP table response message at the port 101, the port 101 is set in the IP address entry of the IP table of FIG.

  The “router MAC address” in the IP table in FIG. 4B corresponds to the source MAC address of the IP table response message in FIG. When a plurality of IP addresses are included in the IP table response message, a corresponding “port” and “router MAC address” entry is created for each IP address in the IP table of FIG.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an operation in which the CPE 1 generates an ARP response frame from an ARP request frame in the present embodiment. FIG. 8 is a flowchart thereof.

  The CPE 1 receives the Ethernet (registered trademark) frame from the port 102, and the first frame distribution unit 103 determines whether or not it is an ARP request frame (step 401) (step S 1 in FIG. 8).

  If the first frame distribution unit 103 determines that the frame is an ARP request frame, the ARP request frame is transferred to the ARP frame generation unit 106 (step 402).

  The ARP frame generation means 106 extracts the inquiry destination IP address from the ARP request frame received from the first frame distribution means 103, and the inquiry table IP address is stored in the IP table held by the IP table information holding means 109 (FIG. 4 ( B)) is searched for whether it exists in the IP address entry (step 403) (step S3 in FIG. 8).

  When the inquiry destination IP address extracted from the ARP request frame exists in the IP address entry of the IP table, the ARP frame generation unit 106 generates an ARP response frame at the CPE 1 instead of the router 2 (step 404). .

  The ARP frame generation means 106 sets the MAC address of the corresponding IP address entry (the MAC address of the router 2) as the source MAC address of the ARP response frame as the MAC address corresponding to the inquiry destination IP address.

  The destination MAC address of the ARP response frame is the MAC address of the transmission source of the ARP request frame.

  The ARP frame generation unit 106 transfers the generated ARP response frame to the layer 2 switching unit 104 and transmits it by unicast from the port 101 of the CPE 1 (steps 404 and 405).

  On the other hand, when the inquiry destination IP address does not exist in the IP address entry of the IP table, the ARP request frame is transferred to the layer 2 switching means 104 and transmitted to the port 101 and the port 102 of the CPE1.

  According to this embodiment, the broadcast range of the ARP request frame is limited, and the bandwidth consumption of the layer 2 network between the router and the CPE is reduced.

  In this embodiment, the application example to the CPE has been described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to the application to the CPE, and can be applied to other network nodes. In the above embodiment, ARP has been described as an example. However, at least a part of the present invention described above can also be applied to reverse ARP (Reverse Address Resolution Protocol). The router may be an arbitrary node (communication device) having a routing function (RIP, OSPF, etc.) such as an L3 switch. In the above-described embodiment, IPv4 has been described as an example. However, at least a part of the present invention described above can be applied to NDP (Neighbor Discover Protocol) or the like multicasted in IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6).

  The disclosure of the above patent document is incorporated herein by reference. Within the scope of the entire disclosure (including claims) of the present invention, the embodiments and examples can be changed and adjusted based on the basic technical concept. Various combinations or selections of various disclosed elements (including each element of each claim, each element of each embodiment, each element of each drawing, etc.) are possible within the scope of the claims of the present invention. . That is, the present invention of course includes various variations and modifications that could be made by those skilled in the art according to the entire disclosure including the claims and the technical idea.

1 CPE
2 Router 3 Layer 2 network 10 Communication device (node)
10-1 First means (first control unit)
10-2 Second means (second control unit)
10-3 Storage means (storage unit)
11, 12, 14 Network 13, 15, 16 Communication device (node)
101, 102 Port 103 First frame distribution means 104 Layer 2 switching means 106 ARP frame generation means 107 IP table message reception means 108 First IP table message generation means 109 IP table information holding means 201, 202 Port 203 Second Frame distribution means 204 Layer 3 routing means 206 Routing table holding means 208 Second IP table message generation means

Claims (8)

Communication connected via a second network including a first node that performs routing based on an address of the first hierarchy to the first network and a switch that performs switching using the address of the second hierarchy A device,
An address of a first layer of a node connected to the first network, an address of a second layer of the first node as an address of a second layer corresponding to the address of the first layer, and 1st means which memorize | stores in a memory | storage part,
When an address resolution request for resolving a second layer address corresponding to a first layer address is received, the first layer address specified in the address resolution request is stored in the storage unit. A response including the address of the second layer of the first node stored in the storage unit as the address of the second layer corresponding to the address of the first layer, the address resolution A second means for transmitting to the request source;
A communication apparatus comprising: The communication device according to claim 1 .
Means for requesting first layer address information held in association with the routing to the first node upon detection of a predetermined trigger,
The address of one or more of the first hierarchy acquired from the first node, said to correspond to the address of the second layer of the first node, is stored and held in the storage unit, that A communication device. The communication device according to claim 1 or 2 ,
Said second means, when the address of the address resolution request specified in the first hierarchy is not stored in the storage unit, to the second network, and transfers the address resolution request, the A communication device. A communication device;
A first node for routing to a first network based on a first layer address;
A second network including a switch connected between the communication device and the first node and performing switching using an address of a second layer;
With
The communication device
An address of a first layer of a node connected to the first network, an address of a second layer of the first node as an address of a second layer corresponding to the address of the first layer, and a storage unit for storing,
When the address resolution request for resolving the address of the second hierarchy corresponding to the address of the first hierarchy is received, the address of the first hierarchy designated by the address resolution request is stored in the storage unit In this case, a response including the address of the second layer of the first node stored in the storage unit as the address of the second layer corresponding to the address of the first layer is the address. A network system characterized by transmitting to a transmission source of a solution request. When the communication device detects a predetermined trigger that is determined in advance, the communication device requests the first layer of address information held in association with the routing from the first node,
The communication device stores and holds the first one obtained from the node or a plurality of the addresses of the first hierarchy, in said memory unit in association with the address of the second layer of the first node The network system according to claim 4, wherein: Communication connected via a second network including a first node that performs routing based on an address of the first hierarchy to the first network and a switch that performs switching using the address of the second hierarchy The device
An address of a first layer of a node connected to the first network, an address of a second layer of the first node as an address of a second layer corresponding to the address of the first layer, and Is stored in the storage unit,
When an address resolution request for resolving a second layer address corresponding to a first layer address is received, the first layer address specified in the address resolution request is stored in the storage unit. A response including the address of the second layer of the first node stored in the storage unit as the address of the second layer corresponding to the address of the first layer, the address resolution Send it to the sender of the request,
If the address of the address resolution request the first specified by the hierarchy is not stored in the storage unit, and transfers the received address resolution request to the second network, address resolution control, characterized in that Method. When the communication device detects a predetermined trigger that is determined in advance, the communication device requests the first layer of address information held in association with the routing from the first node,
Storing one or more first layer addresses acquired from the first node in the storage unit in association with the second layer address information of the first node; The address resolution control method according to claim 6 . Communication connected via a second network including a first node that performs routing based on an address of the first hierarchy to the first network and a switch that performs switching using the address of the second hierarchy In the computer that composes the device,
An address of a first layer of a node connected to the first network, an address of a second layer of the first node as an address of a second layer corresponding to the address of the first layer, and A first process of storing in the storage unit;
When an address resolution request for resolving a second layer address corresponding to a first layer address is received, the first layer address specified in the address resolution request is stored in the storage unit. A response including the address of the second layer of the first node stored in the storage unit as the address of the second layer corresponding to the address of the first layer, the address resolution A program for executing the second processing to be transmitted to the transmission source of the request.

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