Can't Connect Remotely to LAN PCs 1

[kurio71]

A few users haven't been able to connect to their computers on the network due to the PC's not waking up. I have checked the settings in Power and they are set to never sleep.

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[kurio71]

Seems to be a NIC setting in Power Management. Testing

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[kurio71]

Power saving option enforced by Group Policy?

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[kurio71]

There are Wake On LAN settings in the BIOS and on the Ethernet NIC of the PC. If these settings need to be enabled for the magic packet sent by the remote device to wake up the PC.

http://windows7-issues.blogspot.com.au/2011/03/wake-on-lan-wol-for-windows-7-made-easy.html

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[ShackDaddy]

The SBS 2011 group policy includes settings to control power settings to prevent sleeping.

Dave Shackelford
ThirdTier.net
TrainSignal.com

 

[kurio71]

Ideally would like PCs to conserve power and wake up when a RDP session is started. Wake on LAN settings are individual to PC and Ethernet NIC. Only a few machines haven't been able to wake up when a session is initiated. Thanks

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[kurio71]

Enabling Wake On LAN in the BIOS of the laptops has allowed the devices to accept RDC sessions.

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