For at boote over netvært, Wake on LAN, kræves at maskinen, der ksl bootes har et netværkskort, som understøtter Wake on LAN. Lidt forenklet sagt betyder det, at der skal gå et lille kabel fra netkortet til bundkortet, som får en impuls der slår strømmen til, når der er sendt en "Wake" kommando til netkortet, en såkaldt Magic Packet.
"The network card constantly monitors the network for a ‘Magic Packet’ when the computer is switched off. This magic packet is a series of bytes that is sent over the network. A magic packet consists of a header (6*0xFF) and the MAC address of the network adapter repeated several times (16 times), for example if your MAC address is 01:02:03:04:05:06 (6 bytes), then the magic packet looks like this:
FFFFFFFFFFFF010203040506010203040506010203040506010203040506010203040506010203040506010203040506010203040506010203040506010203040506010203040506010203040506010203040506010203040506010203040506010203040506
The nework adapter recognizes the sequence and triggers the power supply to turn on the computer."
Læs mere her - Under Power Off On-line documentation - Wake on LAN
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