Remote Wakeup

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In article <ejWLwaolFHA.1608@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl>, "Jayso"
<jayso_chinnery@hotmail.com> wrote:
>Hi, cruising around the BIOS settings on my Dell GX270 the other day and
>came across a Remote Wake-up thingy turned on
>
>My understanding is that (somehow) i could turn my computer on using another
>computer on the network. If so can somebody tell me how you acheive this?
>
>Thanks

Do a web search for "wake on LAN" and "magic packet".
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Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

Jayso wrote:

> Hi, cruising around the BIOS settings on my Dell GX270 the other day and
> came across a Remote Wake-up thingy turned on
>
> My understanding is that (somehow) i could turn my computer on using another
> computer on the network. If so can somebody tell me how you acheive this?
>
> Thanks
>
Hi,

See menu at left side here for both description of the technology
and some free tools:

http://www.depicus.com/wake-on-lan/


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