Patent ID: 8514096

Claim:
A network device configured to be connected with an external device in a communicable manner via a network, the network device comprising: a first light emitting element configured to indicate a first type of information concerning a communication of data via the network; a light emitting element control unit configured to control the first light emitting element; a first processing unit configured to execute a process for data to be communicated with the external device when the network device is set in a first performance state; and a second processing unit configured to execute a process for data to be communicated with the external device when the network device is set in a second performance state, wherein the network device is configured to be set in any one of a plurality of performance states including the first performance state and the second performance state, the first performance state being a state in which the first processing unit is set in a non-sleeping state, the second performance state being a state in which the first processing unit is set in a sleeping state, power consumption in the second performance state being smaller than power consumption in the first performance state, and wherein the light emitting element control unit is configured to: allow emission of the first light emitting element in a first case where the network device is set in the first performance state; and control the first light emitting element in a second case where the network device is set in the second performance state such that power consumption of the first light emitting element in the second case is smaller than power consumption of the first light emitting element in the first case.