Re: Waking up remotely a Linux box
From: Peter Lynch (pete_at_scyld.local)
Date: 10/12/05
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Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 07:35:01 GMT
On 2005-10-11, Augustus SFX van Dusen <ASFXvD@story.net> wrote:
> I have a Linux box in a remote location that I would like to access every
> so often. The computer is connected, via Ethernet, to an ADSL router that
> is always on, with the ADSL connection on by default. However, the
> computer itself will often (and unpredictably) be off.
>
> I understand that some NICs have the capability to turn the power on in
> their host computer whenever they receive a particular Ethernet packet. I
> therefore have two questions:
>
> 1) What such NICs are supported under Linux?
>
> 2) Is the scenario I describe a feasible one? Thatis, given the
> appropriate NIC, could I manage to turn on the power of the Linux box from
> a remote location? I can configure the ADSL router at will.
>
>
In practice, even if you can get the box to come out of sleep mode, it
doesn't quite act the way you wish.
Consider the number of scans and other unauthorised access attempts
you will experience. You can probably block a lot of the "noise" packets
in your router, but you may find that your box wakes up a lot more
often that just when you connect to it.
Pete
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