[reemas]

i have a linksys wireless router wrt54g. there are time when i need to boot a computer i my home from the wireless network connection. i am using my powerbook to wirelessly connect to the router and have access to the admin page as well.

is there any way to manage this?

on a side note, is there any way to manage the upload / download caps for the network?

thanks in advance

[reemas]

help?

[ghporter]

Do you mean that you need to turn on your home computer through your network? I know in general how to do that with a PC, but not with a Mac, and not at all through a wireless connection. I'm confused by what you want to accomplish, and what purpose you need to put that computer to.


Load management, usually called Quality of Service management, is not available in standard Linksys firmware for the WRT54G, though I think a third party firmware package does support it. More details please.

[John Strung]

GH - You can boot a shut down PC remotely? How, pray tell? I would like to be able to do that!

[ghporter]

John, it has to be wired to a network you can get to, the NIC has to support "wake on LAN," and that has to be enabled. I don't know if "wake on LAN" is supported on any Macs.

[John Strung]

That's interesting. I had always mistakenly assumed "wake-on-lan" meant "wake from sleep", not cold boot. However a quick Google confirmed you are right.

According tohttp://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106790

Wake-on-LAN is available on these computers:

* All Macintosh computers produced in 2003
* Power Mac G5
* Power Mac G4 (Gigabit Ethernet) or later
* Power Mac G4 Cube (all models)
* PowerBook (FireWire) or later
* iBook (all models)
* iMac (Early 2001) or later

[reemas]

sorry for teh confusion. i want to boot off the network computers that are logged into my wireless router. how can i do that?

[John Strung]

I'm afraid I don't know the answer. The Apple Knowledge Base seems to be down at the moment, but once it starts working, you might try a search for "netboot".

You might also try googling "OS X netboot wireless".

[ghporter]

Originally Posted by John Strung

Wake-on-LAN is available on these computers:

* All Macintosh computers produced in 2003
* Power Mac G5
* Power Mac G4 (Gigabit Ethernet) or later
* Power Mac G4 Cube (all models)
* PowerBook (FireWire) or later
* iBook (all models)
* iMac (Early 2001) or later

Great information. On a PC the BIOS determines whether or not it will support wake-on-LAN, but since Macs are wonderfully different, (and I had no experience with manipulating Mac hardware), I had no useful information on the subject. Now, I'm much better informed, though unsurprised at how many Macs take advantage of this feature. Thanks John!

reemas, I still don't know whether a wireless-connected computer can be commanded to start remotely. My gut feeling is that the answer is "no" because if the computer is off, so is the wireless card.

[John Strung]

That's my guess too. The workaround would be to attach the Mac by ethernet to a wireless-to-ethernet bridge instead of using an Airport card.