TimeMachine to G4 via Network - Wake on LAN , Standby, Sleep

Hello,
I want to backup to a G4 running 10.4.11, wich is capable of Wake on LAN.
How may I make Time Machine automatically wake up the G4? Right now I am using
http://www.readpixel.com/wakeonlan/index.html
manually.
Bye
Jason

All,
I have a g4 MDD that I have set up to Wake on LAN. I
have another computer (ibook) setup to send the Wake
on LAN magic packet. This works fine and the MDD
awakens from sleep after sending the packet.
However, in about 10 or 15 seconds the MDD goes back
to sleep again. Why??
Thanks,
-BL
More background info:
Rather than sending the WOL packet over the network, I walked up to the sleeping MDD and hit the spacebar. It awoke, then went back to sleep about 15-30 seconds later. I hit the spacebar a second time and then started to use the computer (Logged in, checked a few sites in Safari, etc) and the computer remained awake.
So I guess my more directed question is: why does the MDD go back to sleep when there is no input/usage?
Thanks again,
-BL

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Last edited by the sad clown (2011-03-30 17:30:24)

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