Remote Desktop & Wake-on-LAN

[David Shorthouse]

Hey folks,

I have a Linksys LNE100TX ver. 5 10/100 NIC in XP Pro SP1 for which I
have Wake-on-LAN configured. I resume this machine from suspend to RAM with
a Remote Desktop client connection. Procedure works well, but when I
disconnect the RD connection and attempt to then re-suspend this machine, it
will continually resume to full activity no matter what I do from either its
end or the client end. It appears that RD leaves residual hooks, which I do
not want because the server machine will never successfully return to
suspend to RAM once a RD connection is disconnected. Anyone know how to fix
this either at the client or the server end? The only solution I have is to
reboot the client as it appears that it is the client that retains these
residual RD connections to the server. This isn't something that is just
time-sensitive because this activity will continue indefinitely until I
reboot the client.

Thanks,

Dave

 

[Pavel A.]

What exactly happens when the machine refuses to suspend?
Do you see popups like - this or that device prevents the machine from going to standby...
or some relevant messages in the eventlog?

--PA

 

[David Shorthouse]

Sorry I wasn't clear. No errors or pop-ups, just that the server machine
will immediately and continually resume from manual suspend and will never
go into a timed suspend until I reboot the client, even though the RD
connection had long since terminated. A netstat -n will show that the RD
port remains open.

Dave