wake on lan??
 

Hi there... Do u know exactly what wake on lan provides?

I have a linux server and i was wandering if i could turn on only when a request for the web server was produced.....

Do u know if something is something like that is possible??
My ethernet card and my m/b support wol functionality

I haven't tried it, but it sounds as that's exactly what it is intended for.
On the other hand, before the computer is up the request will have timed out...

This link discusses wake on LAN under Linux, and may be interesting to you -- J.W.

http://www.scyld.com/wakeonlan.html