[Mediaman_12]

It there any way to tell another Mac to come out of 'sleep' mode over an ethernet network?
It's because the USB printer is hooked up to my moms mac (she does most of the printing, it makes sense). I connect to it using Rendezvous, but for this to work the computer has to be out of 'sleep' mode. So I have to go across the house make sure it is 'on' come back send it to print, then go and pick up the document. It would be far simplar if I couls some how 'ping' the computer to 'wake it up' before I try and print anything.

[mmurray]

WakeUp

http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/17998


is supposed to do it but the only time I tried it I got a kernal panic on the machine I was trying to wake up.

Michael

[:XI:]

http://www.jdrowell.com/2003/02/27/WOL/view - take a look at the python script. I don't know how to use it, no need.

also here's the mini-howto

{edit}
download the python script.
open the terminal and make it executable
'chmod 777 jdwol.pl'
now, you need two things from the mac you are going to wake. The MAC address and the IP address.
You can get them both from System prefs->Network->Built-in ethernet (or Airport, which ever you are using)
the ethernet address is the MAC address.

now, in the terminal, go to the folder that has jdwol.pl in it and type:

./jdwol.pl -m xx:yy:zz:aa:bb:cc -i x.y.z.f

where xx:yy:zz:aa:bb:cc is the MAC address and x.y.z.f is the IP.

So, if I were waking my mac over ethernet the line would read:
./jdwol.pl -m 00:03:93:67:04:3c -i 192.168.1.2

and this should get your desired result. If it doesn't panic the machine.

Hope that helps.

[brainchild2b]

People actually put their computers to sleep? What for?

[Art Vandelay]

Originally posted by brainchild2b:
People actually put their computers to sleep? What for?

Save electricity, reduce noise, reduce heat, just to name a few reasons.

[Gavin]

Originally posted by brainchild2b:
People actually put their computers to sleep? What for?

Sometimes it's the only humane thing to do.

[mitchell_pgh]

I understand why people put their computers to sleep, I just don't do it. It seems to be the #1 way to cause issues with your computer.

[sniffer]

Might be an idea to have the hard drive to spin down option checked. Hard disks don't spin forever especially on portables. Other than that I don't see a problem with it either. I have hardly never shut my ibook down at all since I bought it for one and a half year ago. Using sleep mode thought.

[Gul Banana]

Well, I close my laptop before putting it in my bag, so it goes to sleep. I'd put it to sleep anyway, as the battery lasts at least thirty times as long...

[SMacTech]

Originally posted by mitchell_pgh:
I understand why people put their computers to sleep, I just don't do it. It seems to be the #1 way to cause issues with your computer.

I have no issues with sleep on my 4 Macs, iMac 500dv, cube 450, pismo 400 PB and dual 867 or on my two at work, another cube and a ti400PB. The dual 867 and pismo are loud. The pismo's hard drive whining worse than my ex-wife. I need to put it to sleep just so I don't have to listen to the HD.

Might be an idea to have the hard drive to spin down option checked. Hard disks don't spin forever especially on portables [/B]

I have seen drives generally fail when trying to start-up, not while they are running. I never spin down my drives, when not sleeping, except the laptops. In fact, I think a lot of some people's complaints about some SBODs in the Finder is waiting for their drives to spin up to speed. Another thing that causes lag in the Finder is with my iPOD connected, and the drive isn't spinning.