I think we're miscommunicating. Early, you indicated:
oreillymj Wrote: 
> 
> Now, since the WMA decoding is done in the SB2, no traffic is generated
> from the SB2 to the server
I don't believe this is true.  Run a packet sniffer and you'll see that
there is plenty of network traffic on the 3483 control port.  Traffic is
constant.

You also mentioned that pings do not keep your system alive after a
WOL.  This agrees with my point earlier.  Pings should not keep the
system awake after WoL, because if they did, once a WoL was sent, other
system's that might be pinging the target system could keep the system
alive indefinitely!  In Windows networks, there is constant network
activity, such as browser activity (think windows network, not IE),
domain server management, WINS activity, etc.  Routers, managed
switches, etc. can send a lot of directed traffic as well.  Windows has
to ignore the contstant noise on the network when setting its
go-back-to-sleep timer, and only keep the system alive when there
meaningful activity.  Your ping tests are inconsequential.   I was
trying to communicate some of the things that Windows considers
meaningful activity.

What changed in the firmware was not simply an elimination of server
<-> SB# network activity.   There are other variables here.

Personally, I don't not believe that sending an WoL every minute is the
right thing to do.


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