JB> "Robert Comer" 
wrote in message
 JB> 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.)

 JB> I think WOL requires a certain byte sequence in the packet. So,
 JB> sending a ping or other standard packet to a NIC would not cause it
 JB> to wake the system. 

it does... FFFFFFFF to the specific MAC address or the card/system to WOL...

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