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Delayed Re-Boot?
On 30/05/2013 3:25 PM, Bert wrote:
In Yousuf Khan wrote: I'm thinking your choice would be to put the PC into a hibernate state, and then reawaken it with Wake-On-LAN command? The hibernate is nearly identical to a power-off. Then he might just as well do a full shutdown of the PC. But WoL doesn't work when you do a full shutdown. He'd trade the small additional time it takes to boot compared to recovery from hibernation with the advantage of cleaning out the cobwebs that accumulate in a machine that's been running too long without being rebooted. Maybe Windows 7 doesn't suffer from this the way XP did, but I wouldn't bet on it. Windows 7 is far and away superior to XP in this respect, I've got a W7 laptop that does mostly standby's and hibernates, but only does full reboots after patch updates. Of course, there are patch updates at least once every month, so it gets rebooted at least once a month, so I haven't really tested its reliability over longer periods. But a machine that doesn't get rebooted for a month is nothing to sneeze at, especially a Windows machine. But besides, this is irrelevant the OP specified right from the beginning that the standard reboot doesn't work because the power doesn't get cut-off from the webcam for long enough to reset it. A full shutdown cannot be gotten out of except by physical presence at the console of the machine itself. On the other hand, from the description I'd bet that this requires "Wake On WAN" rather than "Wake on LAN," since the PC sounds like it's probably on another network segment from the poster's other PCs. The process for Wake on WAN is slightly different from Wake On LAN. Well, yes, Wake on WAN is just a specialized form of Wake on LAN. Yousuf Khan |
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Per Paul:
Is there such a thing as "managed POE" ? If so, you might be able to turn POE on and off on an individual port of the switch. But that would cost a fortune. The USB to AC outlet switch is likely cheaper. 100% agreement on all 3 points. -- Pete Cresswell |
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In Yousuf Khan
wrote: But WoL doesn't work when you do a full shutdown. Sure does. I use it every day. My PC is completely shut down after the nightly backup and I use an app on my iPad to turn it on in the morning so it's ready after I've had my coffee and stumble down stairs. -- St. Paul, MN |
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Delayed Re-Boot?
On 31/05/2013 16:56, Bert wrote:
In Yousuf Khan wrote: But WoL doesn't work when you do a full shutdown. Sure does. I use it every day. My PC is completely shut down after the nightly backup and I use an app on my iPad to turn it on in the morning so it's ready after I've had my coffee and stumble down stairs. Same here. Works great. In fact, I find it more difficult to configure some PCs to WOL from sleep or hibernate mode than from full off, which is reliable once it it set up properly. -- Rob |
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Delayed Re-Boot?
On Thu, 30 May 2013 19:46:27 -0500, Bob I wrote:
On 5/29/2013 7:27 PM, Gene E. Bloch wrote: On Wed, 29 May 2013 19:18:43 -0500, Bob I wrote: 31 bucks too expensive? http://www.amazon.com/Power-Single-O...=pd_sim_misc_1 You sure did a great job of making my post redundant :-) Talk about timing... I good a good laugh out of your reply - and you make me wish I had a need for one of those! Maybe I'll just order one and hope I come up with a plan... These are more fun but overkill for Pete, but maybe what you could use. http://www.x10.com/products/x10_ck11a.htm I used X-10 years ago, when its computer control was in its own box, not a PC (IIRC[1]). The interface was awkward, but since I didn't make changes very often, I could live with it. I don't do that sort of thing any more. It ended up being not important to me :-) [1] I'm talking early 90's, so the R part of IIRC is in serious doubt... -- Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch) |
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