Does Wifi connection support wake on Lan? 
I think this may be a stupid question but.....
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Kryptos
Backup People!
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blowdart
Peek-a-boo
Kryptos wrote:Does Wifi connection support wake on Lan?
I think this may be a stupid question but.....
It's not *that* stupid a question, because for wired wake on lan something needs to be listening and still on, waiting for the magic packet to tell it to wake the machine up.
But no, it doesn't.
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Kryptos wrote:
Does Wifi connection support wake on Lan?
I think this may be a stupid question but.....
Just noticed your Avatar - where on the Wirral are you? Have we had this conversation before?
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Jaz
From the depths of Wales I come
bah damn that sucks. me and my friend were talking about this yesterday, having a wireless device that we can power our pc's on with using a wi-fi network.
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PeterF
Early Adopter
You could do it with a wireless router and attach it to the device with a cable
Maybe there is an option in Windows to allow the device to bring the computer out of S3? I've got a computer with onboard LAN which I can only wake up after hibernate, as it only supports WOL on S3.
Right click My Computer -> Manage -> Device Manager -> Network adapters -> Properties of the device -> Power management -> Check both "Allow this device to bring the computer out of standby" and "Only allow management stations to bring the computer out of standby" (else every activity would bring the computer out of sleep mode)
I found this website a good source of information regarding the topic:
http://www.depicus.com/wake-on-lan/what-is-wake-on-lan.aspx
For browsers:
http://www.depicus.com/wake-on-lan/woli.aspx
For PocketPC:
http://www.depicus.com/wake-on-lan/wake-on-lan-pocketpc.aspx
To allow the computer to hibernate through a remote desktop session you need to use a batch file with:
rundll32 powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState
Good luck,
Peter -
PeterF wrote:You could do it with a wireless router and attach it to the device with a cable
Maybe there is an option in Windows to allow the device to bring the computer out of S3? I've got a computer with onboard LAN which I can only wake up after hibernate, as it only supports WOL on S3.
Actually, I think all PCI devices in theory can wake up computers. However, because wireless LAN cards don't have external power supply like the wired LAN(you can see LED switched on when plug a connected LAN cable to it), I doubt it can react to WOL signals when the computer is off.
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LaBomba
Summer
It works,
don't ask me how.
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Kryptos
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Rossj wrote:
Kryptos wrote: Does Wifi connection support wake on Lan?
I think this may be a stupid question but.....
Just noticed your Avatar - where on the Wirral are you? Have we had this conversation before?
Hello RossJ,
I'm not sure, I'm in Moreton, where are you? -
Kryptos
Backup People!
LaBomba wrote:It works,
don't ask me how.
It just does.
So you have tried it then and it worked? Did you do anything special? -
Kryptos wrote:
Rossj wrote: Kryptos wrote: Does Wifi connection support wake on Lan?
I think this may be a stupid question but.....
Just noticed your Avatar - where on the Wirral are you? Have we had this conversation before?
Hello RossJ,
I'm not sure, I'm in Moreton, where are you?
Neston.
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Kryptos
Backup People!
I'm building a car PC and I want to wake it up via wifr, to transfer files from my PC in the house (such as video and MP3's) to the carPC, next time you jump in the car your content is with you.
So for example I'll have my PC download the latest Podcasts and then ransfer them to the car.
My to concerns were How to wake it up and Power (don't want to drian the car battery) but I was thinking of using a dedicated battery for the car PC which could be charged while on the move....
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Kryptos
Backup People!
Rossj wrote:Netston
Cool! He He. I need to nip out for a little while. Speak with you later on....
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Kryptos
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Just tried it with a D-Link AP 2000AP+ and a Dlink Wifi Card, I made sure in the bios it had wake on PCI, couldn't see wake on Lan.....
I'll double check everthing and see what happens....
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Kryptos wrote:
Just tried it with a D-Link AP 2000AP+ and a Dlink Wifi Card, I made sure in the bios it had wake on PCI, couldn't see wake on Lan.....
I'll double check everthing and see what happens....
Yes. "wake on PCI" is the option needed for "wake on LAN", as the LAN card is normally on the PCI bus.
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DoomBringer
Doom!
Kryptos wrote:I'm building a car PC and I want to wake it up via wifr, to transfer files from my PC in the house (such as video and MP3's) to the carPC, next time you jump in the car your content is with you.
So for example I'll have my PC download the latest Podcasts and then ransfer them to the car.
My to concerns were How to wake it up and Power (don't want to drian the car battery) but I was thinking of using a dedicated battery for the car PC which could be charged while on the move....
That is a dang good idea. Good luck with that. -
Kryptos
Backup People!
DoomBringer wrote:That is a dang good idea. Good luck with that.
Thanks!!! Still can't get it to work.... 
Does anyone know of any good wol utilites I could try? I've tried a couple searching the internet, but they don't seem to want to play...
Does the AP (Access Point) need to support WOL-over WiFi?
[C]Thanks.....
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The DualCor cPC will do the job nicely.
You'll need to add the Wi-Fi card, the cPC runs Windows Mobile and can wake-up Windows XP when needed. -
eagle wrote:The DualCor cPC will do the job nicely.
That looks like it'd look kinda neat embedded in the dashboard of your car.. where did I put that hacksaw...
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