How an NS Agent becomes a Wake on LAN (WOL) Relay Agent

Article Id: 181190
Status: Published
Updated On: 19-09-2006 14:35
Legacy Id: HOWTO8057
Products:
Management Platform (Formerly known as Notification Server)
Issue/Introduction:

 

Resolution:

Question
How does a computer with an Notification Server Agent installed become a Wake on LAN relay agent?

Answer
In order to become a Wake on LAN Relay Agent for a particular subnet, the following criteria are used, in order:

  1. Candidacy: Order of priority to even become a Relay Agent is:
    1. Notification Server
    2. Package Server
    3. Computer with the Altiris Agent installed.

      If any of the above are met, then the following is added to it:
  2. When was the last configuration event?
  3. When was the last Basic Inventory sent?

Service Pack 3 notes: All NIC' reported by TCPIP inventory are eligible; however, if a machine has a NIC that uses either 0.0.0.0 as the default gateway, or does not have a gateway, it will be excluded from the list of candidate relay agents.