Wake On LAN in Configuration Manager 2007 has both external dependencies and dependencies within the product.
Dependencies External to Configuration Manager 2007
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Network cards must support the standard Magic Packet format.
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All network cards that have the Windows Logo certificate support this Magic Packet format.
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Computers must be configured for wake-up packets on the network card and in the computer BIOS.
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Refer to your hardware vendor's documentation for information about how to configure this and the wake-up capabilities of the computer.
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If you are using Wake On LAN with subnet-directed broadcast, all routers between the site server and target computers must allow IP directed broadcasts, and support IPv4.
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Typically, routers are configured to not allow subnet-directed broadcast.
Subnet-directed broadcasts are not supported with IPv6.
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Configuration Manager 2007 Dependencies
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Hardware inventory must be enabled, and completed an inventory schedule.
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About Collecting Hardware Inventory
How to Configure Hardware Inventory for a Site
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The Configuration Manager site must be a primary site.
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You can configure child primary sites for Wake On LAN, but not secondary sites. Clients in secondary sites will be sent wake-up packets from their assigned primary site.
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Client computers must be running the Configuration Manager 2007 client.
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Clients running Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 do not support Wake On LAN.
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