Patent ID: 8219691

Claim:
A method for waking up a computer, the method comprising: causing Wake-On-LAN functionality of the computer to be downgraded based on Wake-On-LAN capabilities of a network switching device, wherein causing the Wake-On-LAN functionality of the computer to be downgraded based on the Wake-On-LAN capabilities of the network switching device includes: transmitting, to the computer, data indicating Wake-On-LAN functionality of the switching device, and causing a capability of the computer to detect a specific data unit to be disabled; receiving, at a first port of the network switching device, a data unit via a first network link, wherein the first port of the network switching device is coupled to the first network link; and using the network switching device to determine whether the data unit includes data indicative of a wake-up event for the computer, and change a state of a second network link to wake up the computer if the data unit includes data indicative of the wake-up event for the computer, wherein the second network link is coupled to a second port of the network switching device.