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by: defklp February 19, 2013 12:45 PM PST

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Wireless network on Win7

by defklp - 2/19/13 12:45 PM

I have 3 wireless laptops on my home network and quite often I need to access info on one of the other puters on network,but they go to sleep. How do I wake them up when trying to access info?


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Sleep mode

by pgc3 - 2/19/13 12:50 PM

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If you mean they go into sleep mode, go to power settings in control panel and change your setting(s).


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by defklp - 2/19/13 3:26 PM

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Sleep mode is not my issue. I want to wake it from sleep mode


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Are they plugged into the A/C?

by wpgwpg - 2/19/13 12:50 PM

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If they're plugged into the A/C, you could set them to wait longer before going into sleep mode, or you could set them to never go into sleep mode. Sleep mode on a laptop isn't going to significantly affect your power bill, most laptops only use about as much power as one incandescent light.


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by defklp - 2/19/13 3:27 PM

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Sleep mode is not my issue. I want to wake on lan from sleep


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Sleep Mode is your problem

by mrmacfixit Moderator - 2/19/13 4:00 PM

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as is Wireless.

Wake On LAN only works for wired connections, it does not work on WiFi.

You may want to read up on this a little more:
http://windows7-issues.blogspot.com/2011/03/wake-on-lan-wol-for-windows-7-made-easy.html


As wpgwpg said, when running on A/C, set them to take a lot longer before they sleep

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