As far as i remember you need to send the computer a magic packet , but that is about as much as I know, maybe a google for magic packet might help. RIchard On Apr 14, 2006, at 7:03 AM, Robert A. (Bob) Hall wrote: > Can anyone tell me how I awaken a sleeping (OS X) computer in my > home network (to act as a pseudo print server) without my buying > the entire software suite called"Mac OS X Server"? > > Thanks in advance, > > Cheers, Bob Hall