wake a pc using a inbuilt network cable and help

Meridiusuk · 27 Jul 2011 at 19:41

Hi all

I have 2 pc's connected using a switch and wanted to know if I use one computer and the other computer is in sleep mode can I wake it up using the network cable as I want to access it.

If u can how ? I have them both on windows 7 and Its an asus p8p67-m pro

Thanks

geuben · 27 Jul 2011 at 19:43

You need to see if the network card supports Wake-on-Lan. If it does then have a google around for Wake-on-lan (also written as WoL).

Meridiusuk · 27 Jul 2011 at 19:57

Thought all motherboards supported this now ?

FoxEye · 27 Jul 2011 at 21:07

Yes, you send a "magic packet" containing the MAC address of the PC to be woken. MAC address is obtained by typing "ipconfig/ all" on the PC in question.

Magic packets are sent as broadcasts, meaning that all the devices on the same network as the originating machine will receive it, and be able to wake up.

You can send magic packets over the internet too, but it gets complicated, and you'll likely need to know about static arp tables and the like.

Meridiusuk · 28 Jul 2011 at 07:12

Thanks for that