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William, P., N., Smith wrote:
>
> Notan <notan@ddress.com> wrote:
> >Is there any way to do the equivalent of asking for a BIOS-level password?
>
> Over the LAN?
>
> Maybe we should back up a bit and ask what you want WOL for? under
> most circumstances (power up the machine when you are not near it, but
> can send it the magic packet over the LAN) you don't _want_ WOL and
> Bios-level passwords working together.
>
> They are mutually exclusive, one says you aren't near the machine, the
> other insists that you are. Why would you from across the
> {room,house,planet} want to power up your machine using WOL and then
> travel across the {room,house,planet} to type in the BIOS-level
> startup password?????
In an effort to cool down my home office, I've moved my CPU to a
different part of the house. I'm using an appliance (an Avocent
DDC2050) that gives me KVM, USB ports, serial ports, and PCI slots,
over a CAT5 connection. I have the option to remotely turn on/off
the CPU via the Avocent. To do this, however, I've got to have WOL
enabled.
I'm trying to use the remote function *and* have BIOS-level security.
Am I asking for something that isn't possible?
Notan