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How use Magic Packet with VB6?
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You normally send the WOL packet (Wake On LAN) by opening a socket in raw mode.
But... The Microsoft TCP/IP stack does not allow you to do this, so you can't ever send one. You'd have to remove the Microsoft stack, and install one that does permit this (I think Hummingbird offers one, NetManage does for sure).
I don't know what replacing the MS TCP/IP stack with a 3rd party's stack would break -- probably Internet Explorer since it's tied so closely to the OS, possibly a lot of other applications as well that were never tested on other people's stacks.
Chip H.
But... The Microsoft TCP/IP stack does not allow you to do this, so you can't ever send one. You'd have to remove the Microsoft stack, and install one that does permit this (I think Hummingbird offers one, NetManage does for sure).
I don't know what replacing the MS TCP/IP stack with a 3rd party's stack would break -- probably Internet Explorer since it's tied so closely to the OS, possibly a lot of other applications as well that were never tested on other people's stacks.
Chip H.
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