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[BackupPC-users] Getting backuppc to wol a client

2011-09-04 16:43:24
Subject: [BackupPC-users] Getting backuppc to wol a client
From: "Robert E. Wooden" <rbrtewdn AT comcast DOT net>
To: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" <backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Sun, 04 Sep 2011 15:41:44 -0500
I have occasionally tried to get BackupPC to wol my clients. This weekend I got serious thanks to some activity on this forum.

Here is what I have got working this weekend.

I discovered this post:  http://blog.chameeya.com/2011/08/backuppc-and-waking-machines.html

I read through this article and it is so simple I had to try it. And, it just works so now, I am saving energy and my family (specifically my wife) is happier.

To further save energy, I set up my router (dd-wrt) to wake the BackupPC machine.

What can I say, it just feels good, too!!
-- 
Robert Wooden
Nashville, TN. USA

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