Re: wakeonlan
On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 07:35:21PM +0200, Paul Csanyi wrote:
> However I can't wake up the PC box debian server from the debian
> gateway when I power off the debian server with shutdown command and
> after that I plug off the power cable of the PC supply.
>
> But when I power on the debian server with it's power button and right
> after that I power it off with power button, then I can to wake up the
> debian server from the debian gateway with wakeonlan command.
>
> What cause this event?
Warning: I do *not* know what I am writing, so please correct me.
I suspect that when the power supply is "completely off" (first case),
then the harware (the nic) loses the status that makes it able to wake
on lan (a manual boot, with the re-initialization of the nic by the bios
would be necessary to re-enter the "wake on lan" status)
--
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