I wonder if you can use and configure an internal modem with "wake on ring"
and then connect your modem to the phone line and when you wish to turn the
machine on just give the number a call from any location on the
planet..........


"Sharon F" <sharonfDEL RemoveThis @ETEmvps.org> wrote in message
news:uX1ZnBUSFHA.2788@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> On Sun, 24 Apr 2005 10:43:32 -0300, Gerhard Fiedler wrote:
>
>> 3- You use the Windows "shutdown" command or something similar (that is,
>> you use another way to invoke the same function). This is probably the
>> most
>> "normal" case of "off". A standard ATX power supply provides the mobo
>> with
>> standby power in this state, and WOL works here.
>>
>> 4- You press the power button for more than 4 seconds. After this, the
>> computer is in the same state as after #3 above. That is, standby power
>> is
>> available, and WOL works.
>
> Thanks, Gerhard, for your patience. Don't know why I kept fixating on
> "off"
> and appreciate your explanations about the finer points of modern power
> management.
>
> --
> Sharon F
> MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User

On 4/25/05 04:20:53, Paul wrote:

> I wonder if you can use and configure an internal modem with "wake on
> ring" and then connect your modem to the phone line and when you wish to
> turn the machine on just give the number a call from any location on the
> planet..........

Look into your BIOS. It might have that option. I have a desktop that can
do that with modems with a "real" COM interface; i.e. almost for sure no
winmodems, and possibly no internal modems of any kind. And I have a
notebook that can do that with the (internal) winmodems it was designed to
work with.

The BIOS needs to be able to understand the ring signal from the modem. It
is defined in a reasonably generic way for COM port based modems (whether
external or internal), so they can put a generic COM port driver into the
BIOS that understands the generic ring signal. It also is reasonably
defined for computers (usually notebooks) that can assume a specific
selection of winmodems, so they can put a minimal driver for just those
types into the BIOS.

There might be problems with the internal modem's power supply, though,
unless both the BIOS and the modem are actually designed for that (like
with my notebook). I've only ever done this with external modems, which
then of course are powered independently.

I guess it's RTFM time, and you need to have a look at your mobo's manual
=)

Gerhard