Network; Remote Wake-up

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Running Vista 32 Bit Home Prem on Desktop and Laptop.

My Home Network has Wireless Router...Desktop is hard wired to Router,
Laptop is wireless. Recently configured Network to let me share Printer
connected to Desktop via USB connection. The Desktop is set to sleep after
60 mins. What I didn't realize is when Desktop goes to Sleep the Network
doesn't see it, and, trying to print from the Laptop to the shared printer
will not work.

Is there away given the configuration of my Home Network that I can Wake the
Desktop from my Laptop when I want to Print from the Laptop when the Desktop
has gone to Sleep? I realize I could just not let the Desktop to go into
Sleep....but that defeats the Power saving feature which is important to me.
 
The 'Power management tab' from properties for the network interface card in
Device Manager will probably have some possible selections on waking the
computer from the network.
On my machine I have a box 'allow this device to wake the computer' and
under that 'Only allow management stations to wake the computer'.
If you select the first but not the second, any communications to your
machine will wake it. UNFORTUNATELY it is likely that your router/isp will
periodically they to check you computer and thus wake it up. The second
option says only wake up if a special packet is sent to your machine, not
just any old try to communicate. You would install a special software
program in the laptop that would send the command to the desktop, you would
then have to wake while the network gets its act back together so the
printer can be seen, then you could print.

I don not have information as to where you would get that software for the
laptop.

Michael
 
....Opened Network card on Laptop....went to its Properities....Power Mgt
Tab...checked "Allow yhis device to wake the computer". It didn't wake the
Desktop........
 
...Opened Network card on Laptop....went to its Properities....Power Mgt
Tab...checked "Allow yhis device to wake the computer". It didn't wake the
Desktop........
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You might also check the BIOS and see if there are settings in there
that control "wake on lan". Also, if it's a separate network card (not
built in to the desktop mobo) you should check and make sure it's
hooked up internally. There may be a little cable that needs to be
plugged into the mobo.

If none of that works, a solution that should work, and is actually
better, is to get a router with a print server built in or a separate
network print server. That way the printer is on the network and not
associated with any particular computer.
 
Really? Come on. You really configured your laptop network card to wake
the computer and it didn't wake your desktop. I think you ought to throw
the whole d*** thing out.
Or.....
You could try configuring your "desktop" network card to wake the computer,
that way your "desktop" wakes up.
 
Really? Come on. You really configured your laptop network card to wake
the computer and it didn't wake your desktop. I think you ought to throw
the whole d*** thing out.
Or.....
You could try configuring your "desktop" network card to wake the computer,
that way your "desktop" wakes up.
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Good catch. I missed that detail (I guess I was letting my assumptions rule
my eyeballs).
 
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