you are right. only especific NICS will support this feature.
i don't know about ANY company that is suing this technology. I can remember
that it is based in an MAGIC (it's the real name...) ethernet packet
destined to yopur MAC Address.
Maybe there is more info at 3com's site
-Mensaje
Does the NIC have to support it:
Yes. It requires a 3 wire Wake-On-Lan connector on the motherboard and NIC.
Additionally, it normally requires an ATX motherboard that supplies
trickle current to the PCI bus when the PC is off.
Is it a handy thing to have?
To show off to other Netowrk Types
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
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