Do most new motherboards have Wake-on-Lan?

[marcus]

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Hi,

I would like to upgrade my motherboard and would very much like to
have the wake-on-lan feature so I can start my computer and access it
remotely. I have never used this feature before. Does it work well? Do
most motherboards include it these days? I see little mention of it in
the specs of many boards.

Thanks,
Marcus

 

[d]

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Every mobo I've had over the last 10 yrs has had it, its a feature of the
bios

"Marcus" <holysmokes99@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1783abaf.0406100751.332d88b6@posting.google.com...
> Hi,
>
> I would like to upgrade my motherboard and would very much like to
> have the wake-on-lan feature so I can start my computer and access it
> remotely. I have never used this feature before. Does it work well? Do
> most motherboards include it these days? I see little mention of it in
> the specs of many boards.
>
> Thanks,
> Marcus

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus (More info?)

Many new motherboards do WOL via a PCI 2.2 compatible bus, older ones often
had a WOL header whish was used to connect to the NIC via a special cable
both types are enabled through BIOS settings. WOL is very handy for network
admins, especially when combined with PXE capability on the NIC. This
enables things like re-imaging machines remotely. In my expeince (having
worked as a computer tech in a school) it works well.

Paul
"Marcus" <holysmokes99@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1783abaf.0406100751.332d88b6@posting.google.com...
> Hi,
>
> I would like to upgrade my motherboard and would very much like to
> have the wake-on-lan feature so I can start my computer and access it
> remotely. I have never used this feature before. Does it work well? Do
> most motherboards include it these days? I see little mention of it in
> the specs of many boards.
>
> Thanks,
> Marcus