Wake on lan? how?

The_blue · 25 Jan 2007 at 16:20

I've got a shuttle i use as a DVD and Divx player downstairs and the main PC upstairs

If i want to send any files to the one downstairs i have to go down and turn it on 1st

A friend says i can make it start over the LAN (wired).

Can this be done and how?

The_blue · 25 Jan 2007 at 16:29

I've read a bit on google and it says you need a cable, is this true for on board lan cards?

blairw · 25 Jan 2007 at 16:39

try in the Bios settings

matja · 25 Jan 2007 at 16:40

Not sure how you wake a machine from windows, but from linux i use 'etherwake'. You just specify the MAC address of the machine you want to wake. And no, you don't need the cable, even for most PCI(-e,-X) NICs, they're for very old NICs that don't support PCI 2.2 power specification.

The_blue · 25 Jan 2007 at 16:42

blairw said:
try in the Bios settings

I've turned it on in there but have no software or what ever is needed

The_blue · 25 Jan 2007 at 16:43

matja said:
Not sure how you wake a machine from windows, but from linux i use 'etherwake'. You just specify the MAC address of the machine you want to wake. And no, you don't need the cable, even for most PCI(-e,-X) NICs, they're for very old NICs that don't support PCI 2.2 power specification.

It's an old shuttle (athlon 1.2ghz) can't remember the model but it's in the bios.

matja · 25 Jan 2007 at 16:48

Try this WOL client :

http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/WOL/WOL_Executables.zip

Website here :

http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/WOL.asp