The invention discloses a fault processing method for network equipment, which comprises the steps that: a first logic chip receives negotiation messages from a management network port; and the first logic chip judges whether the network equipment is needed to be reset according to the contents in the negotiation messages; and if the network equipment is needed to be reset, the first logic chip transmits a reset command to a second logic chip, and the second logic chip resets the network equipment. The fault processing method for the network equipment can remotely reset the network equipment.Therefore, the recovery time of the network equipment is shortened.