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RE: Can cron cause computer to wake up from hibernate?


On 03 October 2007 06:14, Andrew DeFaria wrote:

> Matthew Wozniski wrote:
>> Hibernation does involve swapping everything in memory to disk,
>> freezing the state of all processes, and powering down the system.
>> But, the system being powered down does not mean that no part of the
>> system is receiving power. In fact, Wake On LAN technology is designed
>> to work on machines that are completely shut down - the only caveat is
>> that the motherboard reserves power for the network card, and the
>> network card scans for a particular magic packet addressed to it. If
>> that packet shows up, the computer turns itself back on.
> This would be the first time that I've ever heard of this. Forgive me
> for saying but do you have a reference?

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


    cheers,
      DaveK
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