Well it seems that WOL is a widely used technology. So there is got to be a
way how
pass those packets through the router.
Any ideas?
Patrick Ramsey wrote:
> It is indeed a packet. And all of the utils I have seen to perform a WOL
to
> a device use MAC addresses, so routing would not be possible. Now that I
> think about it, this would be the only way this would work unless you could
> build a tcp/ip stack into the rom of a nic. (otherwise the OS would
already
> have to be awake to make use of it's tcp/ip stack)
>
> -Patrick
>
> >>> "Priscilla Oppenheimer" 06/15/01 03:48PM >>>
> Could you capture with a protocol analyzer the actual Wake on LAN packet?
> It's always been a mystery to me. But my guess is that it's not a routable
> packet.
>
> On the other hand, is it even a packet or it is just an electrical surge or
> something?
>
> I suggest you find out more about what the Wake on LAN sender actually
> sends. Maybe somebody else knows. We did discuss it once before. Check the
> archives. We did not discusss it from the point of view of it crossing a
> router, though.
>
> Priscilla
>
> At 03:29 PM 6/15/01, khramov wrote:
> >Is there a special config on a router for wake on lan to work?
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>
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