From: "Rich Gauszka" 

There are WOL tools out on the web - some freeware. Your network guy may
even have some.  I don't know enough about the sites offering it to
recommend any. You could start here

http://www.windowsitpro.com/WindowsScripting/Article/ArticleID/23634/23634.html

Or Google  "Wake on Lan" freeware


http://www.dslreports.com/faq/wol/4.%20Software


"Ellen K"  wrote in message
news:209dc8.1f033c{at}harborwebs.com...
> 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
>>>>
>>>
>>>

--- BBBS/NT v4.01 Flag-5