The NIC and mb must both support the WOL feature to use it. It seems with
the newer version (PCI 2.2), you don't need to use a cable, but with earlier
PCI versions, you do.
I've known people who claimed to use it for software distribution off hours
and weekends, but I've never actually used it myself.
As for sounding like you know what you are talking about, I'm sure that's
not a problem. :)
-john
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> Hi folks,
>
> I volunteer at our local high school in the PC Technology and Repair
class.
> This week we are studying motherboards. A lot of new motherboards support
> Wake on LAN technology. Has anyone actually used this? Is it helpful in
the
> real world? Does the NIC have to support this technology too? I would
think
> it would.
>
> Thanks for any comments. It will help me sound like I know what I'm
talking
> about when we cover new motherboards. &;-)
>
> Priscilla, recovering Macintosh bigot
>
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