Re: Wake On Lan, for XP Clients

From: Gary V. (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 05/19/04 

Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 15:30:39 -0700

Thanks for the help. I'll try the ping for a few days and
see if they stay powered down until the server pings them.
Thanks again.
>-----Original Message-----
>I use Wake On Lan with my desktop, I have an old PC
running all the time,
>and use that to send the WOL packet. My understanding is
that you need the
>MAC address. I think you can do it without, but the PC
would start if
>anything tried to make a network connection. This assumes
your BIOS and NIC
>support WOL.
>
>I am not aware of a command line WOL tool for windows, as
currently use a
>tool for OpenBSD. The key to getting it to work in my
situation was getting
>the latest windows drivers, this allowed me to wake from
a shutdown, as
>opposed to standby. In Device Manager, open the
Properties for the NIC on
>the XP machine, and goto the Power Management. I have
both "Allow this
>device to bring the computer out of standby." and "Only
allow management
>stations to bring..." selected.
>
>My understanding is that the second options forces a WOL
packet to be sent.
>However you might find do a simple ping with this not
select may wake the
>computer. This is the case for me, however this would
result in the PC
>waking if any device tried to connect.
>
>--
>Martin Mitchell
>
>"Gary V." <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:f48301c43dc9$babfa860$a101280a@phx.gbl...
>> I'll have about 10 xp work stations that i well schedule
>> to power off on friday after all tasks are done. I want
>> them all to power back up on monday morn.
>>
>> Can SBS 2003 handle this or do i need to use Wake On
Lan?
>> Also do i need to get software for the SBS server to
send
>> the WOL packets? Does WOL work with DHCP or does it use
>> the MAC address of the xp nic?
>>
>> Thanks for your time and possible past experiences.
>>
>> Gary V.
>
>
>.
>

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