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Why does the Wake On LAN feature not work properly on my system containing a 5700, 5701, or 5702 adapter when running in Vista or Windows 2008?

April 26, 2017containing feature LAN properly system Wake

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Why does the Wake On LAN feature not work properly on my system containing a 5700, 5701, or 5702 adapter when running in Vista or Windows 2008?

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The Broadcom 5700, 5701, and 5702 devices are only supported in Vista and Windows Server 2008 using drivers originally intended for Windows XP and/or Windows Server 2003. Although Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 are backward compatible to use drivers from the previous operating systems, Microsoft’s NDIS 5.1 to NDIS 6 translation layer used to do so inhibits the feature from working properly.