Re: Wake on LAN -- PCTECH

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On Nov 15, 2007 10:02 AM, Jeff Crosby <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

All,

We've got 4 PCs that are locked in offices. I have the BIOS set up in each
of these to boot up at 6am and sign the user on. Then a virus scan and
backup are done and by the time the user comes in, it's ready to roll. The
users like it and the only bad part is they start up on Saturday morning and
are on the rest of the weekend.

I am curious why you log the user on? Even if the PC's are behind
locked doors it is not a wise practice. I do not think the user need
log on for either the virus scan or the backup.

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Anybody else seen this? This is my first dabbling with wake on LAN. Are
there multiple types of wake on LAN that I need to be concerned about?
These PC's were purchased at different times, so they are not the same BIOS.

We have found WoL to be difficult to configure and kind of flaky.
There is so much traffic on the network that the waking was always
unpredictable. We have not found virus-scanning during the day to be
too onerous, and those PC's that need backup are done over the lunch
hour from a scheduled job.

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