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Hello, I am running a home server with xp pro loaded. FTP, web, print - it's doing it all and i'm loving it! The problem is that occasionally the power goes out and the bios does not have a feature to auto-restart. Is there a way to remotely login to my network and boot it up? Magic packets? Any ideas? Thanks alot in advance
It's called Wake on LAN. It would require a
motherboard that supports this technology.http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives...
Holy Wow.
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Well,
Depending on the BIOS, sometimes you can select an option where "boot on remote connection" or something to that matter. Consult your mother boards website and try and find an updated BIOS.
Have you considered a Backup power supply? They are coming down in price significantly.
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Actually, all you need is a WOL capable network card. So, if the NIC on your motherboard doesn't support it, you can buy a NIC that does. Just install it, disable the onboard and you should be good to go.
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Cool,
I do have a gigabit NIC card installed, but i am unsure if it supports this. Is there anyway to find out without having the box? Is there some type of software to find this out? Thanks!
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I would second the UPS idea. If your running a server like this, it would be better to not have it go down at all. Are these power interruptions just a few minutes at a time? Considering that a monitor is not being powered and that the hard drive is mostly powered down through ACPI, you probably only need a cheap 300-500 watt consumer type UPS to keep your server alive.
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While you have a great idea that i am looking into right now, sometimes the power grid goes down for extended periods of time in that area due to major construction. So the UPS may actually still die. Thank you for your opinion.
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Take a look on this Wake on LAN article to show you simple way to boot up computer remotely.
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Worked great. But now i need to set it up to allow access from outside the network. Does anyone know what ports need to be forwarded? Thanks!
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As shown in the article I posted about WOL, and the one picohat as well, it allows you to enter a port number of your choice. Many articles state that it depends on the settings of the machine. I forward port 32767 and 7-9 to my machine, I dial thru port 9 and have no issues.
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I did read both articles and i failed to see where it said to forward port 32767. Neither mentioned what setting should be adjusted in the router. I will try your suggestion though.
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I forwarded port 32767, 7, 9 and 0 to the specific computer i am trying to start remotely. I cannot get it to work from outside the network. Any idea's of where to go next? And before anybody asks i did use the correct MAC address and subnet. Thanks
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