kdf wrote:...
In my reading on the topic, it seemed to be widely acknolwedged that
WOL over wireless didn't work. Annoyingly, no consistent reason was
turning up. In som cases its the power requirements, or the 'not
always connected' aspect of wireless, or even the example you give.
When a computer is powered down, it may not have the wireless section
of the hardware powered up, thus it would have no way to receive the
packet.
On the more positive side, I did hear of some claims that it can work,
but only some hardware supported it. I don't know for sure if SB2
broadcasts the packet over wireless or not, but assuming it does, your
router would have to support it and then forward to the wireless card,
which would also have to have some way of supporting it (not to
mention support from the computer hardware as well).
-k
WOL is a red-headed stephchild standard; no two vendors implement in
exactly the same way, and no vendor ships with it activated. It's a
"feature" in my day job's product and causes grief more than it causes
happiness.
--
Jack At Monkeynoodle Dot Org: It's A Scientific Venture!
"I spent all me tin with the ladies drinking gin
so across the Western ocean I must wander" -- trad.
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