Need some help with WOL

[Jim]

I'm running a LAN configuration using three Windows XP Pro computers. My
office computer is a Dell and my two remote basement systems are home-built
machines using Athlon processors in Asus A7V266-E motherboards.



Both remote computers supposedly support Wake-On-LAN (WOL) according to the
motherboard manual and the BIOS. I have tried many times to "wake up" these
systems using both Magic Packet WOL and "ping" but have never been
successfully. I now believe that the WOL problem is due to the fact that the
network card has no 5 volt "standby" power when the computer is off. This is
apparent because the two link led's are no longer lit.



Here are my questions and comments to which I would greatly appreciate some
help:



My network card is a Linksys LNE100TX. This particular model is supposed to
be WOL compliant "as long as it is plugged into a PCI slot that supports WOL
event management. (Small print on the box)



The mb manual does not mention any special PCI connector that has "standby"
power. I am also aware that some NIC cards get their standby power through a
separate 3 pin connector that goes to the motherboard. I have not tried one
of these cards because the Asus motherboard has no corresponding 3 pin
standby connector.



I believe I have set up both the bios and the NIC card correctly as well as
using the latest drivers. The motherboards are powered by a 300 W supply
which should be adequate for WOL.

 

[anonymous]

I've played with WOL to wake up systems for configuration. IBM's though.
Both the NIC must support WOL as well as the computer. Onboard Nics usually
support both, especially Intel chipsets. Usually the problem is in the
bios. The bios settings must turn on WOL, it's usually off by default..
There should be a separate boot sequence for WOL, (for example to bypass
the floppy)And check under the OS for the device driver setting which says,
allow this device to wake the computer.

Good Luck, WOL is often frustrating time consuming, and unreliable.

God Bless
mitchd123