# Plinking

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plinking/62558>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [April 19, 2001, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plinking/62558 "2001-04-19T16:13:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![justwannano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ab992/32.png) [@justwannano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justwannano)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2001, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plinking/62558/1 "2001-04-19T16:13:47Z")

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I read somewhere about plinking the ISP to wake them up. How do you do that?