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    Need help setting up Wake-On-Lan

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by The Fire Snake, Jan 30, 2010.

  1. The Fire Snake

    The Fire Snake Notebook Virtuoso

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    I have a laptop running Windows 7 professional x64 and a desktop running Win Xp Pro. I would love to be able to grab files from the desktop and write files to the desktop. I don't want the desktop to be on all the time like a server, only on when needed to transfer files. So I have discovered Wake-On-Lan. My network is very simple. My desktop is using a wired Ethernet card to connect to my modem and wireless router to get to the internet. My laptop uses its wifi card to get to the internet through this same wireless router.

    Would wake-on-lan fit my purposes?

    How do I go about setting it up safely so that I can use it for my purposes but others can't turn my PC on and hack in?

    Thanks.
     
    The Fire Snake, Jan 30, 2010
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    blue68f100 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Yes it will work. This feature needs to be turned on in the BIOS. Then it take a program to send the wake cmd based on MAC address. I have not used this but did check on it many years ago. You will have to search for WOL.
     
    blue68f100, Jan 30, 2010
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