From: "Rich Gauszka" 

I turn my WOL off at home but probably don't need to

http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid7_gci214609,00.html
The key to determining a wake-up frame is if the media access control (MAC
address) address is repeated 16 times without breaks or interruptions


"Robert Comer"  wrote in message
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> That could well be, I don't know.
>
> - Bob Comer
>
>
> "John Beckett" 
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>> "Robert Comer" 
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>> news::
>>> Only if WOL is active will it wake up and it wouldn't wake up fast
>>> enough to
>>> respond to a ping. (just guessing, I don't use WOL for anything.)
>>
>> I think WOL requires a certain byte sequence in the packet. So, sending a
>> ping or other standard packet to a NIC would not cause it to wake the
>> system.
>>
>> John
>>
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