Patent ID: 8212396

Claim:
An apparatus power restart method utilizing network connection status detection, comprising: supplying power to one or more network devices by a power control apparatus, and establishing a network connection through the one or more network devices; detecting a network connection status through the one or more network devices by determining whether the network devices are connected to one or more remote servers on basis of Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)-based request packets sent by a server module installed in the power control apparatus over Internet via a network connection detection circuit of the power control apparatus with a reception of corresponding response packets indicative of connection status acknowledgement; if the detected network connection status is normal, continuing to operate the one or more network devices, and continuing to detect the network connection status; and if the detected network connection status is abnormal, generating a control signal by the network connection detection circuit of the power control apparatus for restarting the one or more network devices, while continuing to detect the network connection status.