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Old May 31st 13, 05:52 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
Yousuf Khan[_2_]
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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.

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Old May 31st 13, 01:46 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
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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.
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Old May 31st 13, 04:56 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
Bert[_3_]
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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.

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Old May 31st 13, 05:17 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
Rob
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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.

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Old May 31st 13, 10:21 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
Gene E. Bloch[_2_]
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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...

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