Power Management settings for network card

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I am attempting to enable the 'Wake up on LAN' feature on
my D-Link DFE-530TX NIC. I am running Windows XP and it is
currently not working (i have connected cable and
sending 'magic packet' from another machine). I believe i
need to enable this in Windows first on the 'Power
Management' tab of my NIC properties, but the tab's not
there. I have the latest driver (website says XP's is
latest but managed to find a newer one, neither help)
Anybody have any ideas?
Thanks,
Tom.
 
I am attempting to enable the 'Wake up on LAN' feature on
my D-Link DFE-530TX NIC. I am running Windows XP and it is
currently not working (i have connected cable and
sending 'magic packet' from another machine). I believe i
need to enable this in Windows first on the 'Power
Management' tab of my NIC properties, but the tab's not
there. I have the latest driver (website says XP's is
latest but managed to find a newer one, neither help)
Anybody have any ideas?
Thanks,
Tom.
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This is a BIOS setting. The WOL is before windows ever boots.
Depending on your BIOS it may say WAKE ON LAN or PME
event or some such. It must be enabled and the wire connected.
Usually this is a wake through the PCI BUS.
 
Thanks for your reply, but i've already done that bit. I
have read that there is a flag on the NIC the OS can set
when it shuts down which states whether it is allowed to
WOL or not. I have seen this 'Power Management' tab on my
laptop's NIC properties sheet, with this check box
present, but i have no idea where it is on my desktop
machine. Any ideas?
Tom.
 
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