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| Thread ID: 33406 | 2003-05-15 07:36:00 | Can I turn off the network card when the PC is shut down? | craig_b (2740) | Press F1 |
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| 144419 | 2003-05-15 07:36:00 | Is it possible to have my network card turn itself off when the PC is shutdown? I have a device which automatically connects my adsl router to the network when a link light is lit on my switch . If there are no link lights then the router is off (this is because I keep getting hit with about 100Mb of traffic every night when my PC is off) However, my PC keeps the network card active for some reason even when I have shut down the PC . This in turn keeps the link light on, and the router active . I have tried disabling all the wake options for my motherboard - no joy . I found some options in the windows control panel to do with power management (allow windows to shut down this device to save power) and some wake up settings which are all disabled . Still the link remains active when I shutdown . However, If I make my PC hibernate, it disables the network card, and the link disables, and my router happily turns itself off . . . Is there any way to get it to do the same on shutdown?? system info: windows xp sp1, wake on lan capable NIC and mobo . Cheers, Craig . |
craig_b (2740) | ||
| 144420 | 2003-05-15 08:18:00 | Just hibernate it - there's no need for your computer to be shutdown overnight - it'll run fine if you just hibernate it... it doesn't use any more power (it's still "off") in hibernation, but it means you can leave programs open etc. if you want to, and the machine will start up faster in the morning as well. Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 144421 | 2003-05-15 08:29:00 | I think if you open the Device Manager and go into the LAN card's Hardware Properties - Then there is an option for the PC to turn it off or use it in power saving modes in there. It may turn it off when its shut-down :-) I know that neither of my PC's have the option to turn off the cards ticked, and the light on my Switch always shows the PC's are connected! |
Chilling_Silently (228) | ||
| 144422 | 2003-05-15 09:21:00 | Cheers, I have tried what you suggested chilling, but no changes I make have any affect on the normal shutdown power state of the card... However, telling windows not to turn off the NIC to save power results in it being on while hibernated... Unfortunately, I would also like my PC to autologon when it loads, which it won't do after a hibernate... Hibernation would be perfect but for this one thing - is there any way to make XP logon automatically after resume?? Cheers, Craig. |
craig_b (2740) | ||
| 144423 | 2003-05-15 10:02:00 | Just curious Craig (or anybody else who can answer), how can you get 100 MB of net traffic without your PC on, or is it another computer on your network that is doing the communicating? Personally I'd be putting my efforts into finding what the traffic is and killing the program that is doing the transmitting, or getting my firewall operative and blocking the incoming communication. Cheers Billy 8-{) ?:| |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 144424 | 2003-05-16 05:14:00 | "100 MB of traffic" ? Is this outgoing? We had a thread a while ago ... soemone had an HP keyboard which kept "calling home." There is a driver download to fix that. :D | Graham L (2) | ||
| 144425 | 2003-05-16 10:19:00 | Yep, twice I clocked up >200Mb over a night and a day that I didn't ask for or want . . . The daya comes from IP addresses that don't respond to pings etc and seem to be dynamic as I can never get any response either from them or using reverse dns . . . I only know what the IP's are because paradise (my ISP) logs them . All this traffic is incoming, and 99% of it occurs while my PC's are ALL off . . . because I have a router that is active, this traffic is sent to it, and blocked by its firewall, but I still PAY!!! ARRGHHHH . . . Hence my desire to turn the router off when all the PC's are off, but this is too cumbersome as my router is at the other end of the house from my PC, and 9 times out of 10 either me or another family member forgets to switch it off at night, and so it stays on all the next day while we are at work . . . So I built a device to turn off the routers power based on the switches activity (i am an electronics technician by trade . . . ) but because my PC shows up as active on the switch even when off, it didn't work as planned . when I planned I had hibernated the PC for several days running, and didn't realise the difference in network card status between off and hibernating . and so we come to the crux of the issue . I feel it could be solved in two ways: 1: Get my network card to turn itself off when the PC is shutdown or 2: Get my PC to autologon after hibernating . either of which is very satisfactory to me, but I don't know how to do either . . . Cheers, Craig . |
craig_b (2740) | ||
| 144426 | 2003-05-16 10:23:00 | Just for interests sake, here is a portion of my traffic usage from paradises meter... 205.188.234.56 30.04 30.04 205.188.245.120 4.59 40.59 205.188.246.217 0.07 0.07 This was between the hours of 2am and 3am (I accidentally left the damn router on AGAIN all night...) Even though this is but a drop in the 10Gb bucket from paradise, it could get a LOT worse if left unchecked... |
craig_b (2740) | ||
| 144427 | 2003-05-16 23:26:00 | Hi Craig Sometimes us electronics technicians can be too clever for our own good. I think you should be applying the KISS principle here. Look to a ow-tech answer like the one I use to keep out of hours business calls off my upstairs portable phone (wakes the family). Buy a simple time switch and set it to kill your router during those hours that you don't wish to use it. It is easy to override for the odd late night session. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 144428 | 2003-05-16 23:28:00 | Bugger, that was supposed to be low tech, not ow tech. The latter is painful, the former is painless:D Cheers Billy 8-{) :8} |
Billy T (70) | ||
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