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bdeditch
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Mon Aug 22, 2005 4:20 pm Post subject:
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Using a 2 wire modem hooked to a netgear router. When I shut my
computer down the light on the router shuts off for Number 2, yet on
the other computer the light never shuts off, always shows its getting
a signal off Number 1. |
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MyndPhlyp
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Mon Aug 22, 2005 4:20 pm Post subject:
Re: what would cause this??? |
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"bdeditch" <bdeditch@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1124711999.891787.177650@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
| Quote: | Using a 2 wire modem hooked to a netgear router. When I shut my
computer down the light on the router shuts off for Number 2, yet on
the other computer the light never shuts off, always shows its getting
a signal off Number 1.
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"Wake on LAN"
Depending on the NIC and the BIOS settings the NIC may remain "hot" even
though the OS is shut down. It is a pretty common feature in today's
machines. |
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David Schwartz
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Wed Aug 24, 2005 12:20 am Post subject:
Re: what would cause this??? |
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"bdeditch" <bdeditch@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1124711999.891787.177650@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
| Quote: | Using a 2 wire modem hooked to a netgear router. When I shut my
computer down the light on the router shuts off for Number 2, yet on
the other computer the light never shuts off, always shows its getting
a signal off Number 1.
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If I understand what you're saying correctly, you're saying the router
is on and computer 1 is on, and you're gteting a signal on port number 1.
That makes sense, since the device on both sides of that port are on.
If you mean the light is on for the computer you shut off, then you
didn't actually shut the network card off. Many computers keep their network
card on even when the computer itself is shut off (but plugged in and the
power supply turned on).
DS |
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Capt. James. T. Kirk
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Mon Aug 29, 2005 7:14 am Post subject:
Re: what would cause this??? |
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bdeditch wrote:
| Quote: | Using a 2 wire modem hooked to a netgear router. When I shut my
computer down the light on the router shuts off for Number 2, yet on
the other computer the light never shuts off, always shows its getting
a signal off Number 1.
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Wake On Lan is obviously available on your PC. It makes it possible for
your PC to wake up (bootup) from power-down state by sending a special
Wake-On LAN packet from another PC in your home network.
I highly doubt that your router is capable of waking your box up.
In Windows, go to Control Panel, System, Hardware/Device, select your
network card, and look for tabs indicating (depending on your Windows'
version) that would give you multiple settings of your network card.
Wake On Lan is one such feature. Not sure if WinXP uses Power
Management instead.
In some case, I've seen this in the BIOS setting. |
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