Why not just ping it and see if it responds? Allan On Tue, 9 Nov 2004, Angus Wallace wrote: > Are you sure about this? The reason I ask is that I think the ibook > tends to maintain (wired) network connections even while asleep.. > (though I could easily be *completely* wrong here.. ;-) > > > Quoting Matt <chester_the_lp_dork at yahoo.com>: > > > When the lid is closed the iBook goes to sleep so > > it's not transmitting. > >