Amazing what one can learn here!

So could I use this information if I ever got stuck having to wake it up again?
 I.e. how would I go about sending it such a message?  (Assuming I know the MAC
address, which is a separate question.)

> 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
> news:43143865{at}w3.nls.net...
>> That could well be, I don't know.
>> 
>> - Bob Comer
>> 
>> 
>> "John Beckett"
 wrote in message
>> news:hsc8h1t5of0nilvr64513tagk6q28sl8ep{at}4ax.com...
>>> "Robert Comer"
 wrote in message
>>> 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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