Re: Wake on wireless lan - for Desktop not Laptop!

[" Nel"]

"Alex Fraser" <me@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
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> "Neil" <neilng@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
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> [snip]
> > My 'network' is just the desktop (upstairs study) and laptop (downstairs 
> > lounge) talking directly. There are no hubs, switches or routers etc. I
> > have a BB cable modem connected to my desktop loaded with my main
> > software, and laptop has minimual software, both run XP Pro. I network
> > the two machines directly using either a cat 5 crossover cable or an
> > ad-hoc wireless network (wireless pci adaptor and wireless pcmcia
> > adaptor) depending on what I want at the time. I may connect the laptop
> > to the internet using Internet Connection Sharing so the desktop talks to
> > the ISP. With the cable connected my desktop wakes and automatically
> > reverts to standby when I switch the laptop on and off (eg. for Remote
> > Desktop use) by the normal WOL function.
>
> While WoL is a standard method to generate a wake-up event, there is no 
> complementary "Sleep on LAN" so I don't understand how the desktop 
> "automatically reverts to standby".

I use a program called "Switch Off" whaich can be used to switch 
off/standby/hibernate etc other machines across a network, using a web 
interface.