Hi guys, I'm just wondering weather you can set up a workstation to wake on Lan triggered from a VPN?
Eh? I hear you ask. At work we tend to leave our computers on 24/7 incase we need to log in from home to do some work, either routine or because a problem's come up (we have to support our client's sites 24/7).
But of course, most of the time they're just sucking down electricity for no good reason, so I was wondering about weather you can trigger a computer to wake on lan, having logged in via a vpn?
Also how much electricity/money might you save? Our Boss is very much driven by the bottom line, so If I can prove he'll save a worthwhile amount of money, he'll enforce a policy.
Once upon a time, someone touted around a figure of 30pence / 24 hours as the cost of a running computer, but that was when we all used 200w psu's I think, so does anyone know how much they use today?
Also how much power does a computer on standby use? What kind of state does a mobo need to be left in so that wake-on-lan will work? Does anyone have any experience of this?
Cheers - Andrew.


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