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  From: Richard Russell <richardrussell@internode.on.net>
  To  : Michael Kratz <michael_kratz@hotmail.com>
        <woja@optushome.com.au>
        < isplist@adam.com.au>
        < linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
  Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 20:06:09 +0930

RE: WoL and ADSL

> Easy solution, on your ATX power supply there should be a power
> switch, this
> is the cold power switch, it kills power to the whole machine, the one on
> the front of your box does not, it only powers down the system, the
> motherboards and all the cards still get minimal power, if you switch off
> the switch at the back then there should be no way that anything
> can power
> your machine back up till you flick it on again.
> At least thats what I have on my computer, and every other ATX
> form factor
> machine that I have dealt with.

some don't have this... Also, who wants to go the reach-around (bad "Full
Metal Jacket" reference) when there's a "power" button on the front... ATX
has always irritated me with the whole soft power-off thing... anyway, I
don't need a solution -- I know a few (turning modem off, bios settings,
unpluggin network, hard poweroff, etc), I was more trying to confirm that
WoL is a likely cause of this behaviour, and making people aware that this
is a possible problem for them...

for the record, my machine has booted itself this morning and yesterday
morning while I was at work...

rr

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