Wireless Wake on LAN

edw · ‎09-06-2007

Hi,

I have a need to be able to Wake machines using wireless lan. Is this possible with any Cisco products or even non Cisco products?

Thanks

Ed

ericgarnel · ‎09-06-2007

Google is your friend for this:

http://www.google.com/search?q=wake+on+wlan

Looks like Intel has it

http://www.intel.com/network/connectivity/products/wireless/prowireless_mobile.htm

edw · ‎09-06-2007

Hi,

Thanks but I ve dona lot of leg work - I was hoping that someone might have experience in this area.

The Intel card is for never laptops, I'm wanting it for desktop pcs

Thanks

Ed

ericgarnel · ‎09-07-2007

Ok, I am going out on a limb here....

Assuming that the client PC has wake on Lan [WOL] enabled in the bios and the wireless nic supports it, are you allowing broadcast traffic (udp) to get to the subnet where the machines in question live? WOL is typically udp and any routers in the path would have to be configured to allow it or have the option in their dhcp scope (if the router is serving up dhcp).