Patent ID: 7243220

Claim:
A networking apparatus, within which a wake-on-LAN function can still work properly even in situations of improper shutdown, used in a networked device, wherein when the networked device is on, a primary power supply and an auxiliary power supply are both available; when the networked device is off, only the auxiliary power supply is available, the networking apparatus comprising: a physical layer which is reset in response to a reset signal; and a medium access control (MAC) layer, for determining whether the primary power supply is lower than a threshold voltage in order to determine whether the networked device is shutting down, and for sending the reset signal to the physical layer when the MAC layer detects that the primary power supply is lower than the threshold voltage; wherein after the reset of the physical layer, the networking apparatus operates in a lower predetermined baud so that the wake-on-LAN function works properly even in situations of improper shutdown.