Standby mode

ReadyMan · Post by **ReadyMan** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 11:29 pm

If I shut my system down using standby mode, does this leave my system open to the net as far as my ip being visible etc?
Are there any down sides to using the standby mode?

RM

fliptw · Post by **fliptw** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 11:41 pm

standby mode basically leaves the memory and process energized, so any device that is set to waken from standby mode can and will.

which includes network adapters.

ReadyMan · Post by **ReadyMan** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 2:39 am

...but it wont waken unless I give it the command to do so, right?

DCrazy · Post by **DCrazy** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 5:35 am

No, not as far as network adapters go. But that's only if you have Wake-on-LAN enabled, and a wakeup packet is broadcast on your LAN. Chances of this happening range from zero (your home computer, or your network adapter has WoL support disabled or doesn't support it) to possible (computer sitting on your desk in the office).

ReadyMan · Post by **ReadyMan** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 8:06 pm

I have a wired setup in my home, with a laptop and my desktop connected to a lynksys router (I dont have a static ip anymore

), connected to a dsl
modem.

I kind of like the standby mode, since it's so fast, so if there's no downside to using it, I'll just use standby every day instead of powering up and down 2 or 3 times a day....