Actually, I'd assume he meant Wake-On-Wireless LAN, since nowhere was it implied that this was from anywhere. This is over WiFi, also known as a WLAN.
Cool feature, btw. Don't know of any other computers that can do Wake-On-Wireless.
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A Closer Look at Snow Leopard's Wake on Demand Feature
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Actually, I'd assume he meant Wake-On-Wireless LAN, since nowhere was it implied that this was from anywhere. This is over WiFi, also known as a WLAN.
Cool feature, btw. Don't know of any other computers that can do Wake-On-Wireless.
jW
There will come a day ... when the entire world will be wake-on-demand. Servers, internet hubs, ISPs, security cameras, street lights that turn off when motions sensors aren't activated, televisions that turn off during commercials and turn back on at the end of commercials, light bulbs that turn off immediately when you walk out of the room. There will come a day 
1. What does that have to do with this thread?
2. Have you looked at the dozens of threads that explain the difference between 64 bit operation and a 64 bit kernel?
3. Bus speed is not the same as memory speed.
That's what the article says. If people find a way around it, I'm sure it will be published to the appropriate sites. The Airport Express is great, but it isn't loaded with the more advanced networking features.
Mine looks the same as yours; are they showing what it looks like when 10.6 is installed?
When it wakes, does the computer screen come on? I can't see a need for the screen if it's remote access, and would rather it didn't, as my iMac is in the bedroom 
When it wakes, does the computer screen come on? I can't see a need for the screen if it's remote access, and would rather it didn't, as my iMac is in the bedroom
Yes it does
Must be. My system profiler is different too. Check again after we install Snow Leopard
Sounds like a plan
just waiting for mr.posty to stop messing about and deliver my copy! I have a modem from my ISP (using PPOE), my airport extreme is in bridged mode. It is working perfectly.
I just had to open the correct ports in the modem.
I wanted to run VNC over SSH, so I just opened port 22 to connect to my mac.
My ISP uses PPPoA as well but I got an ADSL modem (Linksys AM200) in half bridge mode which allows the Airport Extreme to work as intended. Wake on Demand works 100%
I verified in the System Profiler that my 2008 iMac supported the wake feature, but sadly it does not work for me running off a LinkSys G54 router running Tomato firmware. I realized it said that you have to be running an Airport Extreme router but I had my hopes up nonetheless.
Well now I'll have to weight the option of a new dual band Airport against my trusty Linksys/Tomato setup. I would feel better letting my iMac go to sleep (while my AC cranks 24/7 here in the summer in AZ - haha)
Well now I'll have to weight the option of a new dual band Airport against my trusty Linksys/Tomato setup. I would feel better letting my iMac go to sleep (while my AC cranks 24/7 here in the summer in AZ - haha)
Does anyone know if AppleTV can wake a mac with an iTunes library? If so i'd be seriously happy!
Indeed it does! However, your iTunes has to already be open in order for it to work. Small price to pay I suppose, but I tried it a couple times, and it woke the iMac up every time! Very cool.
It is sort of a bummer about the screen coming on though. Maybe they'll fix that in a later release.
Does anyone know if AppleTV can wake a mac with an iTunes library? If so i'd be seriously happy!
It works perfectly. Just tested it with my Unibody Macbook with a wired connection to the Airport Extreme base station, and ATV connected wirelessly.
What's more, the Macbook only awakes when it needs to. My Macbook was sleeping, I powered up the ATV, selected Movies then My Movies and flicked through the library viewing the list of movies. It was only when I actually selected a movie to view was the Macbook awoken from its slumber.
Very impressed with this feature.
I just tested this feature with my unibody Macbook and Airport Express. It works perfectly. Note that Apple says that the feature requires an Airport device. The author of the MacUser article added "Extreme." Again, this feature works with the Airport Express as well.
That's great news! What firmware version is your Airport Express (mine is 7.4.2)? Does this feature require Airport to act as a Access Point? In other words, if my Express is set up as a wireless client (I only use it for AirTunes), can I still use this feature?