[X4U] Using USB Modem to wake a sleeping Mac?

[Michael Elliott]

That looks great, but I'd like to avoid the hassles of worrying about  
routers, port forwarding, etc. such as found with Wake-On-Lan type apps.

I just want to ring my house up, waken the Mac, and then hang up :-)


On Jan 11, 2009, at 7:17 AM, Daly Jessup wrote:

> Michael Elliott asked:
>
>> I'd like to leave my computer asleep, but to be able to awaken it  
>> in case I need to use Remote Desktop, or to open an afp link to  
>> browse/transfer files, etc.
>>
>> I remember seeing an option in Energy Saver to awaken the Mac if  
>> the phone rings into the modem.  My iMac doesn't come with a Modem.
>>
>> If I attach an Apple USB modem...
>
>> (snip)
>
> I don't know if this would help, but here's a remote control   
> program (freeware) that says it will wake a sleeping Mac accessed  
> over tcp/ip: <http://mac.softpedia.com/get/Utilities/Mac-Remote-Control.shtml 
> >
>
> Daly
>
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