how do you use WOL ???

[daveqb]

i have a home network (2xPC) both XP Pro
& both have WOL hooked up,

how do you implement it in a software way i mean

is it software based or simply means one turns on , the rest r turned on ?!?!

any info appreciated

 

[Citadel535]

If you mean WOL as Wake On Lan, then any network activity to the computer will wake it up. So if the NIC gets a packet from wherever its connected to, the computer will boot.

That's from my understanding. I remember plugging in a NIC into a system and it booted because of WOL and it though it was network activity.

All you would have to do to write software would make it ping the machine to turn it on from a remote location I think.

 

[Goosemaster]

No, its not THAT obvious..you have to send it a WOL SIGNAL


This tells you how it works...


THIS is how to do it....




EDIT: Keyboard is suck!

 

[Woodchuck2000]

Thanks for the info link, goosemaster.
I can't get to either of the download pages though
Anyone gotta link?

 

[Woodchuck2000]

aha... Did a quick search
Here it is.

 

[daveqb]

thanx woodchuck and goosemaster
d/l the magic packet one & will install that and give it a spin


thanx