unwanted wake-up

[Guest]

my pc wakes up at the wrong time

I have a small network with a pc (win XP pro sp2) I want to run as a server
for remote desktop.

I have set the bios options so that wake on lan is enabled and low power
state is disabled. I have disabled "timed power on" and "turn on after ac
fail"

I have configured the network card ( via control panel | local network|
properties|configure|power management) to
Allow this device to bring computer out of standby
and
Only allow management stations to bring computer out of standby

I have tested that I can send a magic packet locally to wake up the pc
and that is specific for the mac ( i used rw from sysworksoft.net) I .e. no
wake up if i use the wrong mac.

I have opened ports for rdc and http on the router and forward them to my pc

but now the pc wakes up for without being asked.

I presume that the windows firewall settings are irrelevant since the
computer is in standby or hibernate.
I'm wondering if I have to configure the NIC to have a fixed ip (not sure of
the format) .

 

[Jack \(MVP-Networking\).]

Hi

WOL has nothing to do with Standby, to use Wake On LAN the computer has to
be totally Off.

http://www.ezlan.net/WOL.html

Jack (MVP-Networking).

 

[Guest]

my pc wakes up at the wrong time

I have a small network with a pc (win XP pro sp2) I want to run as a server
for remote desktop.

I have set the bios options so that wake on lan is enabled and low power
state is disabled. I have disabled "timed power on" and "turn on after ac
fail"

I have configured the network card ( via control panel | local network|
properties|configure|power management) to
Allow this device to bring computer out of standby
and
Only allow management stations to bring computer out of standby

I have tested that I can send a magic packet locally to wake up the pc
and that is specific for the mac ( i used rw from sysworksoft.net) I .e. no
wake up if i use the wrong mac.

I have opened ports for rdc and http on the router and forward them to my pc

but now the pc wakes up for without being asked.

When is it waking up? Is it at night?

I presume that the windows firewall settings are irrelevant since the
computer is in standby or hibernate.
I'm wondering if I have to configure the NIC to have a fixed ip (not sure of
the format) .

Here is some information from Windows XP Inside Out by Ed Bott and other
Microsoft Experts:

"Does your computer wake up in the middle of the night, even when no one
touches it? Some broadband Internet providers periodically probe your
computer to see whether it's still connected. If your network interface card
is configured to wake the computer, one of these probes will do it. If you
don't want to disable the wake-on-LAN feature, you can ensure that probes
from your Internet connection don't rouse your computer by turning off the
computer's power completely before you adn your computer retire: Shut down
Windows and flip off the switch on your power strip or UPS. (Be sure,
however, that your computer is not on standby when you do this.)"

Hope this helps, good day and a Happy Holliday,

Seree

p.s. I am not an expert nor an IT professional, just a learner who posts
what little I may know when I may have something to share. ;-)

 

[Jack \(MVP-Networking\).]

Hi
Seree, the OP wants to use WOL, so switching Off every thing is not serving
is purpose.
In addition it is possible to WOL a computer that has a specific MAC address
in order to avoid random Magic Packets.
Jack (MVP-Networking).