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by cornishman

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PC running XP Home switches itself on every night even though it has been shut down. It is on a home network with another PC running Win98 but both are shut down. An entry in the computer management log appears every night at 00:00am and reads "EAPOL" followed by "NPROTECT" (ok - I understand that's Norton) But what is EAPOL and how can I stop it booting up every night?

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by oz_media

From what I understand EAPOL is used to send secure packet information. THis may e part of authentication setup by norton.

You may have it set to autoupdate at a certain time each night.

This could happen when hacked, but id itr is the same time everynight I'd rule that out.

CHeck your Norton settings for scanning, updating etc. Then run a spyware cleaner (just in case and always good to have anyhow), http://www.lavasoft.nu AdAWARE is free and VERY effective at cleaning and speeding up your internet access.

by donmars

You also should check your bios setup for automatic turn on settings. You can setup in bios for your computer to come on at a certain time each day, just like an alarm. This should be found under Advanced Features or some such label. Of course if you have some sort of an agreement with Norton for auto update at that time every night I suppose you could be reached if you have Wake on LAN (or RING) set on in bios so check that and disable it also.

by donmars

EAPOL
The 802.1x/EAPOL Testsuite
The EAPOL test suite is a test solution for 802.1x authenticator devices and authentication servers. It provides test coverage of the EAPOL protocol along with specific EAP types including EAP-MD5, EAP-TLS, EAP-TTLS, and EAP-PEAP. Using the EAPOL test suite, network vendors can verify the readiness and robustness of 802.1x enabled devices using a combination of functional tests, system level tests, and denial of service attacks.

Key Features
Functional protocol conformance of EAPOL and EAP protocols
Test devices with 802.1x authenticator or authentication server functionality
Supports multiple supplicant interfaces
System level testing of 802.1x
Denial of service attacks with EAPOL and EAP protocols, including EAP-of-Death
Instant regression testing for 802.1x
Supports EAP-MD5, EAP-TLS, EAP-TTLS, EAP-PEAP
Verify dynamic WEP for those EAP types that support dynamic WEP
Built in RADIUS server allows testing without third party RADIUS server
Also compatible with built-in RADIUS servers or external RADIUS servers
RADIUS client testing
Verification RADIUS attributes used with 802.1x

by subdude

Do you really mean shutdown, or could they be in hibernation or standby? Your NIC (network card) setup should have a Power Management config that can be set to allow the NIC to bring the computer out of Standby. On Win2000,you would go to Start>Settings>Network and Dialup connections. Then right click your Local Area Connection and then click the Configure button. Go to the Power Management tab and look at the settings of the check boxes there. XP may be slightly different.

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