> -----Original Message----- > From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org > [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org]On Behalf Of Matthew S. Hallacy > > And the cheap device would be a linux based router such as the WRT54G > from which to send the WOL packets. Does WOL do a full power up from power off? That's just to awaken from a hibernating "standby" power status isn't it? The original question was full power switching. Some X-10 stuff can do full power on/off and has ways for the computer to initiate power off. However, it takes either another computer or an X-10 controller to do the power on. X-10 wake-up options can easily include intrusion alarms and TV cameras, etc. Some years ago I saw battery operated timer cards that would activate a solid state relay so one could do "sleep cycles" by timed events and use batch files or whatever to modify the sleep patterns. Don't know whether these cards are still available, but wouldn't be hard to make one using a real-time clock chip. The X-10 approach has more options and isn't expensive unless one gets gung-ho. Chuck