Wake-On-LAN

[Michael_Hale]

I always see the feature "Wake-On-LAN" on network cards and was wondering what it is?

[Silvy]

In short: it means that (when enabled) you can send a special command to your PC to power it on over the network.

That way, you can leave your system off (stand by) and remotely power it on when necessary.

[steveincolumbus]

I just never have figured out how to trigger it on a system.....

[Silvy]

Originally Posted by steveincolumbus

I just never have figured out how to trigger it on a system.....

Me neither, but I was never in the need to find out...

Can others clue us in with a practical example?

[yakimushi]

Originally Posted by Silvy

Me neither, but I was never in the need to find out...

Can others clue us in with a practical example?

Large corporate network... need to do some after hours maintenance on a users system, don't want to walk or maybe even drive to the users desk, there ya go.

Perhaps doing large networked software updates after hours, dont want to have to turn every users computer on and off manually...

It's mostly useful in a corporate setting.

[rukkyg]

What kind of packet or what program can you use to send whatever it is that tells the computer to wake up?

[hrdwareguy]

First, your motherboard and NIC have to support Wake-On-Lan. After it is enabled you can send the "magical packet" to turn the PC on and do whatever. I use this for running ghost after hours.

Here is a link to a place that has a utility you can use to test your wake on lan settings or to wake up PC's remotely: http://www.solarwinds.net/Tools/Netw...g/Wake_On_Lan/