Re: Definition of Function "Link Wakeup"

Hi
Unfortunately there is a lot of confusion around terms like Wake Up, Wake on LAN, Wake from Standby, and so on.
According to the straight standard there is only one mode that should be called Wake On LAN (WOL), which is a situation when a computer is totally Off and it wakes up through the Network with a specific piece of software called Magic Packet. ( http://www.ezlan.net/WOL.html ).
Otherwise a computer that is still ON but in Standby (sleep) mode can be configured to get out of the "Sleep" when there is general traffic "knocking on the Network Card Door". This capacity to get out of "Sleep" is unfortunately called by many names, and there No adherence to a standard. So the two different properties might be one for real WOL, and the other to Get out of Sleep.
Jack (MS, MVP-Networking)


"tecknomage" <tecknomage@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:F6643F71-51C3-4422-B6AB-568DA4024EAC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 2 different LAN cards, Properties, Advanced tab, Property list, there are
2 settings for "Link Wakeup."

We have a customer that requests an exact definition of these options. That
is, what they do.

On 2 different LAN cards, Properties, Advanced tab, Property list, there are
2 settings for "Link Wakeup."

We have a customer that requests an exact definition of these options. That
is, what they do.

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Tecknomage
Computer Systems Specialist
IT Technician

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