Re: wireless card remote power on comptuer

William P.N. Smith <news2006a@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hath wroth:

"dav" <pda_wap@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Now can anyone suggest any wireless card that allow remote power on my
computer at home?

You want wireless Wake On Lan? Doesn't exist...

It most certainly does exist in both access points and wireless
clients.
| http://www.buffalotech.com/products/product-detail.php?productid=88&categoryid=6
"The Wake-On-LAN feature allows the convenience of turning on your
PC from anywhere on the internet, anytime."

The common ADM8211C wireless controller chip supports Wake-on-LAN.
| http://www.infineon.com/cgi-bin/ifx/portal/ep/channelView.do?channelId=-65149&channelPage=%2Fep%2Fchannel%2FproductOverview.jsp&pageTypeId=17099

So does the SIS163 controller chip.

Atheros calls theirs "Wake on Wireless".

Intel Pro2200BG supports what they call "Wake on WLAN" allegedly used
to "allows remote wake up of mobile clients to perform software
updates".

Some wireless PCI cards have WOL features.
| http://www.proxim.com/products/wifi/client/802.11b_pci/
"Wake on LAN, a desktop PC remote management feature, is supported.
The 11b PCI Adapter can be set to constantly monitor the wireless
LAN even when the desktop PC is switched off. The PC will boot up
to enable remote management when the 11b PCI Adapter receives a
Magic Packet."

The problem is that Magic Packet (a broadcast) will propogate nicely
on the LAN side of a router. However, it will not go through the
router from the internet to the LAN, which is what most people want do
do. I don't know how to do that. However, if you setup a VPN from a
client to a router, the client appears as if it were on the LAN side
and Magic Packet again works.

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