With Remote Desktop Connection [RDC], you can sit at a computer and connect to another computer in a different location [the remote computer]. For example, you can sit at your home PC and connect to your work PC, and use all of your apps, files, and network resources as if you were sitting right in front of your work PC. The remote desktop feature is compatible with sleep mode in the Apple, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10 operating systems. A client [desktop] computer must either be on or in sleep mode for remote access to work. In order to wake a computer from sleep mode for a remote desktop session, you’ll need to have the ARP [Address Resolution Protocol] offload and the NS [Neighbor Solicitation] offload features turned on [on the desktop’s network card.] These features allow the network card to maintain and renew the network address lease and routing information on behalf of the PC while the PC is in a low-power sleep state. With these features turned on, a user can connect to a sleeping computer just as he/she would if the machine were on. The ARP offload and NS offload features differ from Wake on LAN [WOL]: they make the PC addressable via its IP address and do not require that data be sent via “Magic Packet” to the broadcast address before getting routed to the sleeping host machine. Hence, when the ARP and NS offloads are active, a remote desktop connection can be made to a sleeping host in the same manner as a PC that is awake, with only an IP address. The ARP offload and NS offload features are found on the advanced properties tab of the network card. They are typically turned on by default, so it’s really about determining whether the card has the features. Most computers manufactured since 2010 have cards with these features, and any network card based on nVIDIA NX1 or NX2 chip sets will have it as well. Note that network card manufacturers may use slightly different names for these features, but the names are generally similar to “Address Resolution Protocol offload” and “Neighbor Solicitation offload” [e.g., “ARP Proxy”]. You can always call the computer OEM or the network card vendor if you can’t locate the features. Visit the following Microsoft webpages for additional information about remote access:
asked • Aug 30, '20 | dolson commented • Nov 2, '20
When accessing my computer from Remote Desktop [Windows 10], I can Hibernate the remote computer via the Start > Power > Hibernate.
However, if I try Start > Power > Sleep nothing happens.
How can I Sleep the remote computer?
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RD will not wakeup ur network card butyou can use this solution
Wake On LAN from hibernate or off mode
One way to do this is the following.
- Check whether the network adapter on the target computer supports Wake On LAN. Enable the function in the network adapter settings or in any special management program that came with it. If the network adapter is integrated on the motherboard, enable Wake On LAN in the motherboard BIOS.
- Download and install WakeOnLanGui from www.depicus.com.
- On the target computer, i.e. the one to be woken up, open a command line window and enter the command: ipconfig /all
- Note the physical address [sometimes called MAC = Media Access Control address] of your Ethernet adapter from the ipconfig output. Example: 00-E0-18-90-A5-44
- Run WakeOnLanGui on the computer from which you want to wake the other computer and type the physical address into the proper field in WakeOnLanGui. The other two fields are filled with 255.255.255.255, and the port is 7 or actually any other port. Port 9 is sometimes used.
- Shut down the computer to be waked.
- Test WakeOnLanGui.
- Proposed as answer by Renjith-IT Specialist Wednesday, November 18, 2009 7:11 AM
- Marked as answer by jimmyfal Wednesday, November 18, 2009 11:33 AM
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 7:10 AM
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As far as I know, currently the answer is No.
However, you maytryfirst waking the computer on LAN, then using Remote Desktop to access the sleeping computer.
Best Regards
Dale- Marked as answer by jimmyfal Wednesday, November 18, 2009 11:33 AM
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Thanks, WakeOnLanGui really worked on my host laptop! Also needed it to, after waking up, access the notebook over RDP.
- Edited by Fixer.640 Saturday, November 11, 2017 4:14 PM
Saturday, November 11, 2017 4:13 PM