On 5/11/05 at 12:48 -0800, kdf wrote
In my reading on the topic, it seemed to be widely acknolwedged that
WOL over wireless didn't work. Annoyingly, no consistent reason was
turning up. In som cases its the power requirements, or the 'not
always connected' aspect of wireless, or even the example you give.
When a computer is powered down, it may not have the wireless
section of the hardware powered up, thus it would have no way to
receive the packet.
On the more positive side, I did hear of some claims that it can
work, but only some hardware supported it. I don't know for sure if
SB2 broadcasts the packet over wireless or not, but assuming it
does, your router would have to support it and then forward to the
wireless card, which would also have to have some way of supporting
it (not to mention support from the computer hardware as well).
I think your way of putting it may be a little confusing.
Wake on LAN probably does not work if the computer has a wireless card.
My own setup has my computer and my wireless gear (Airport Extreme)
connected by Ethernet to my router, and the SB on wireless. The SB
Wake on LAN works fine in this setup.
--
Daniel Cohen
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