Patent ID: 8144606

Claim:
A device, comprising: a transmit path; a receive path; wherein the transmit path and the receive path are configured to provide, at least in part, network connectivity for a host device to a network; a loopback path connecting the transmit path and the receive path; an embedded processor within the device configured to execute an embedded client, wherein the embedded processor is connected to the transmit path for transmitting data to the network and is connected to the receive path for receiving data from the network; a frame detection logic configured to monitor network traffic on the transmit path to identify loopback frames which include frames addressed to the embedded client; and a loopback logic configured to reroute the identified loopback frames sent from the host device and addressed to the embedded client onto the loopback path and then to the receive path destined for the embedded client without the loopback frames being transmitted back to the host device.