On 10 Jan, 15:39, "Will"  wrote:
> > Thanks PeeGee,
> > I have mailed them to see, noticed they have a green hardware section,
> > maybe going back to making cards without WOL as an option would be
> > quite green?
>
> > I like being green to my pocket :o) I don't like things that draw
> > power when I'm not using them. Mainly I want my cheap simple setup to
> > do one little thing which as you point out is old hat really.
> > Obviously an older card would work but then I would loose speed :o(
>
> I've not got a '360 so can't test it. But I do wonder if there is more going
> on here that just a wol enabled nic problem.  I might suspect the switch on
> the router to be causing you grief here.
> For what it's worth, very few of my 'bricks' hum or even get very warm.  My
> worse offender for audiable noise is a switch-mode unit (aka green) that
> feeds my telephone (same idea though, mains to low v plug-in).

:o)
supplies don't actually hum, just a figure of speech for wasting
electricity.

Socket on router is fine, if you have any physical indication on your
router, ie light for each socket. switch on a PC which is connected to
a particular socket & see it light up, then shut down windows & see if
the light stays on. If it does, I'm guessing it will, then switch off
the mains socket at the said PC which is already shut down & watch the
light go off.

If you wait a few seconds & switch the mains plug back on the light
will not light up, meaning the socket is free. When you power your pc
& start windows it will regain that socket, light on.