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Is it possible to awake a computer on lan request ?



I have a PC with a recent ASUS A7N8X motherboard, and Windows XP installed



thanks
 
Maria said:
Is it possible to awake a computer on lan request ?



I have a PC with a recent ASUS A7N8X motherboard, and Windows XP
installed



thanks
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Check your board's manual - it's a BIOS function.
 
Maria said:
Is it possible to awake a computer on lan request ?
I have a PC with a recent ASUS A7N8X motherboard, and Windows XP
installed
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The feature you seek does exist--it's called "wake on LAN." Both the
Motherbaords and NIC have to support it for it to do what you want.

And, in the case of a non-integrated NIC card, be sure the wake on LAN
cable is hooked between the WOL header on the mobo and the NIC card.
 
The feature you seek does exist--it's called "wake on LAN." Both the
Motherbaords and NIC have to support it for it to do what you want.

And, in the case of a non-integrated NIC card, be sure the wake on LAN
cable is hooked between the WOL header on the mobo and the NIC card.
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The cable is not needed for most any modern motherboard, as they can
be set in the BIOS to respond to PCI wake-up events. If the
motherboard supports this it doesn't even need to "know" it's a NIC
waking it up, there is no further support necessary.


Dave
 
kony said:
The cable is not needed for most any modern motherboard, as they can
be set in the BIOS to respond to PCI wake-up events. If the
motherboard supports this it doesn't even need to "know" it's a NIC
waking it up, there is no further support necessary.
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Cool...this just shows you how long it's been since I shopped that
particular feature on mobo's and NIC's. :-)
 
kony said:
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The cable is not needed for most any modern motherboard, as they can
be set in the BIOS to respond to PCI wake-up events.
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I have PCI wake-up option enabled in my bios (latest version) but nothing
happens. I have a wireless network mounted at my home, with a router to
share an Internet connection between this Desktop PC with ASUS mobo and a
notebook.

Everything is OK. The internet is accessible by both computers, and I can
share files between them BUT I MUST POWER ON THEM MANUALY.

Yesterday I tried to wake up my desktop computer by making a Remote Desktop
Connection in my notebook, but it didn't wake up.
 
Maria said:
I have PCI wake-up option enabled in my bios (latest version) but nothing
happens. I have a wireless network mounted at my home, with a router to
share an Internet connection between this Desktop PC with ASUS mobo and a
notebook.

Everything is OK. The internet is accessible by both computers, and I can
share files between them BUT I MUST POWER ON THEM MANUALY.

Yesterday I tried to wake up my desktop computer by making a Remote Desktop
Connection in my notebook, but it didn't wake up.
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Look for "wake on PMI event" or something similar.

Some "wake on LAN" systems wait for a "magic packet" before they wake up.
 
I have PCI wake-up option enabled in my bios (latest version) but nothing
happens. I have a wireless network mounted at my home, with a router to
share an Internet connection between this Desktop PC with ASUS mobo and a
notebook.
Click to expand...

Have you selected the PCI device? Often all devices default to "off".

Everything is OK. The internet is accessible by both computers, and I can
share files between them BUT I MUST POWER ON THEM MANUALY.
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"Power on"? I was referring to a sleep mode, not off. If all these
seem working you might check the network adapter driver properties (if
you haven't already). Otherwise I don't know, am not familiar with
that motherboard.


Dave
 
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