Re: [CentOS] Why WOL? ( WAS: Re: Getting Wake on lan to work )

2010-10-20 Thread Drew
You need to do * and you don't want it running wasting power while you don't need it? So in summary, none of my uses. ;-) VMware covers the server side, and the client PC's go to standby mode till a timer wakes them up to scan for updates. -- Drew Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only

[CentOS] Why WOL? ( WAS: Re: Getting Wake on lan to work )

2010-10-11 Thread Drew
On a semi-related subtopic, Why do I want WoL? What concrete examples are there where it's useful? I understand what it is and how it works but the why has eluded me. -- Drew Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood. --Marie Curie

Re: [CentOS] Why WOL? ( WAS: Re: Getting Wake on lan to work )

2010-10-11 Thread Chad Woolley
On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 4:41 PM, Drew drew@gmail.com wrote: On a semi-related subtopic, Why do I want WoL? What concrete examples are there where it's useful? I understand what it is and how it works but the why has eluded me. You want to VNC or SSH into a remote workstation that happens

Re: [CentOS] Why WOL? ( WAS: Re: Getting Wake on lan to work )

2010-10-11 Thread Joseph L. Casale
I understand what it is and how it works but the why has eluded me. You need to do maintenance on hardware and you don't want it running wasting power or it happen to be off such as the case with many client boxes? You need to start a node and you don't want it running wasting power while you