Method for performing wake-on-lan management and network system
AssigneeSynology Incorporated
InventorsKan-Yueh CHEN, Ping-Che HSIAO, Jia-Yu LIU
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Abstract
A method for performing wake-up management and an associated apparatus are provided. The method receives device information of a network device by a wake-on-LAN (WOL) agent, wherein the WOL agent and the network device are positioned in a same LAN. The method further receives a request, from a client device, to access the network device. Finally, the method sends a WOL packet, by the WOL agent, to the network device if the device information indicates that the network device is in a non-operating state.
Claims13
A method for performing wake-on-LAN (WOL) management, the method comprising:
- receiving device information of a network device by a wake-on-LAN (WOL) agent, wherein the WOL agent and the network device are positioned in a same LAN;
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- receiving a request, from a client device, to access the network device;
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- sending a WOL packet, by the WOL agent, to the network device if the device information indicates that the network device is in a non-operating state.
A method for performing wake-on-LAN(WOL) management, the method comprising:
- sending, by a network device, device information to a WOL agent before entering a non-operating state, wherein the WOL agent and the network device are positioned in a same LAN;
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- sending, by the network device, the device information to the WOL agent after entering the operating state;
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- wherein the device information comprises an Internet protocol (IP) address of the network device and indicates an operation or a non-operation state of the network device.
A network system, comprising:
- a wake-on-LAN (WOL) agent device positioned in a local area network (LAN);
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- at least one network device positioned in the same LAN, the network device sending device information to the WOL agent device before entering a non-operating state;
- wherein the WOL agent device stores information of a non-operating or an operating state of the network device, and when the WOL agent device receives a request from a client device to access the network device, the WOL agent device sends a WOL packet to the network device if the network device is in a non-operating state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.