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Is wake-on-lan (WOL) easy to set up?
Am using Dell PC with WinXP-PRO, and it has wake-on-lan on the motherboard.
I leave my Linksys VPN router powered 'on' all the time (when I am out of town), but would like to shut-down power on my PC (to protect from power failures and surges as well as unauthorized access) and use the wake-on-lan (WOL) feature to turn the PC 'on' (from a laptop from my hotel) so I can use remote access (such as remote desktop management, or just be able to "browse" files and retrieve them) Is there a way via this router, or in WinXP-PRO, or with another hardware or software product that can help me EASILY use the wake-on-lan feature to remotely turn my PC 'on' and 'off'. Can't seem to find anywhere the steps to enable remote power-up and power-down. Is it really that obscure? Would greatly appreciate simple setup steps to enable doing this, and the simple steps to wake it up or turn it off. Some people have suggested getting PCAnywhere, but that seems like an expensive way to just be able to turn a PC on and off, and browse files. Thanks, George (Re-posted at Microsoft rep's request) |
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Is wake-on-lan (WOL) easy to set up?
Sorry George. I've never personally used or set up WOL.
Sorry. Nico Tomacelli Microsoft Corp. US - Windows CoSOLID This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. ================================================== === When responding to posts, please "Reply to Group" via your newsreader so that others may learn and benefit from your issue. ================================================== === "George" wrote in message ... Am using Dell PC with WinXP-PRO, and it has wake-on-lan on the motherboard. I leave my Linksys VPN router powered 'on' all the time (when I am out of town), but would like to shut-down power on my PC (to protect from power failures and surges as well as unauthorized access) and use the wake-on-lan (WOL) feature to turn the PC 'on' (from a laptop from my hotel) so I can use remote access (such as remote desktop management, or just be able to "browse" files and retrieve them) Is there a way via this router, or in WinXP-PRO, or with another hardware or software product that can help me EASILY use the wake-on-lan feature to remotely turn my PC 'on' and 'off'. Can't seem to find anywhere the steps to enable remote power-up and power-down. Is it really that obscure? Would greatly appreciate simple setup steps to enable doing this, and the simple steps to wake it up or turn it off. Some people have suggested getting PCAnywhere, but that seems like an expensive way to just be able to turn a PC on and off, and browse files. Thanks, George (Re-posted at Microsoft rep's request) |
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