wake-up from LAN with Eventghost

[THX-UltraII]

Hi Guys,

I m using Eventghost for quite some time now and am a happy user!

Yesterday I found out that I can add Wake from LAN to my tree. I have to fill in a MAC address there but don t know what this is or where I can find this number of my computer. Is this something like a IP address?

I also know that it has something to do with the BIOS settings so I checked the settings and will post here how my bios looks like so maybe you guys can help me out pick the right settings.

BIOS settings which maybe are important:

In the Power menu off my bios I can select the following things:

1. Suspend Mode: S1 (pos) only, S3 only or AUTO.
2. repost video on S3 resume: enabled or disabled
3. ACPI 2.0 support: enabled or disabled
4. ACPI APIC support: enabled or disabled
5. APM configuration
restore on AC power loss: Power Off, Power On and Last State
power on by RTC alarm: enabled or disabled
power on by external modems: enabled or disabled
power by PCI devices: enabled or disabled
power on by PCIE devices: enabled or disabled
power on by PS2 keybaord or mouse: enabled or disabled

Thanks!

[TinTime]

I have to fill in a MAC address there but don t know what this is or where I can find this number of my computer.

Your OS should be able to tell you. For example, on WinXP go to Control Panel, Network Connections and right click on the LAN connection. Choose "Status", then the "Support" tab and finally click the "Details" button. The value next to Physical Address is the MAC address. It should be twelve characters (six bytes in hex) like 00-AB-CD-EF-01-02 for example.

Alternatively your router may well tell you the MAC addresses of devices connected to it.

Finally, as a third option, I think all devices with network adapters (or the adapter itself) should have a sticker somewhere on them with the MAC address on.

[GrofLuigi]

also typing

ipconfig /all

in a CMD prompt can tell you the MAC number

About the BIOS settings:

1. through 4. depend on the "quality" of your BIOS and/or OS - whether they (properly) support certain things. It would be good to have them enabled, but any of them can create problems in certain configurations. You have to be sure that yours is not one of them.

5. The first item (let's call it 5a) tells your computer what to do when electricity returns after a blackout: stay on, off, or go to the state it was in when the electricity was cut off.

5b) You can set an alarm to tell the R(eal) T(ime) C(lock) at which time to wake your computer. Like an alarm clock.

5c) Wake up through dial-up modem.

5d/e) PCI/PCIE - maybe this is what you need, if your card is a physical one, not integrated (onboard).

5f) Enable it if you want to wake your computer by moving the mouse or pressing a key on the keyboard

GL