Questions tagged [wake-on-lan]
Wake on LAN, or its abbreviation Wol, is a standard developed in 1996 to Ethernet networks that allows a computer to be turned on or "waked up" by a network message.
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Conclusively stop wake timers from waking Windows 10 desktop
How do you stop a Windows 10 Desktop waking up from the sleeping/hibernated power state without user intervention?
For lots of users this won't be an issue but, if you sleep in the same room as your ...
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RDP wake-on-lan in LAN environment
How do you configure RDP to be able to wake-on-lan client computers?
Basically, I want to be able to wake-on-lan 1 or more computers at a time in our LAN environment.
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WOL - Wake On Lan over internet
My problem has become pretty specific but probably pretty easy to solve.
I've followed numerous guides on the internet to setup wake on lan and managed to get it working quite good although I still ...
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PC waking from sleep for unknown reason
I recently started experiencing an issue with my PC, which runs Windows 10 Pro. It wakes from hibernation at seemingly random times. I have done the following to try and troubleshoot the issue:
Turn ...
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How does WOL (Wake-On LAN) work?
This has always been a mystery to me and with all the snow we're getting I'd like to work from home but the boss man wants us to turn our computers off a night to save energy. Figured I'd like to try ...
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What is a "Magic Packet" for waking a computer?
My wireless adapter (Intel Dual Band Wireless-N 7260) has two settings in Device Manager which I cannot explain.
Wake on Magic Packet
Wake on Pattern Match
After a bit of research, I found this ...
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Computer wakes by itself, but wake source is unknown
I have an interesting problem. I am using Windows 8.1 on my PC and I have WOL enabled from my BIOS and my LAN card settings and it works just fine.
But, since a couple of weeks back, my computer ...
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Does Wake-on-LAN via WAN needs port forwarding?
If yes, how does it work? The pc still has no ip, so where should I forward the port?
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machine wakes only on local magic packet
I've got a Debian server, which I would like to wake up remotely using a tool like wakeonlan.
I have assigned the server a static internal IP 192.168.0.14 and set up the appropriate port forwarding ...
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Can I send a Wake On LAN packet without broadcasting?
I am attempting to send WOL packets to a series of machines, which works when the machine sending the packet is connected to the destination by one or more switches, but if the packet needs to cross a ...
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Wake on Lan doesn't work in Windows 8
I have a dual boot system with Windows 7 and Windows 8.
After I shutdown in Windows 7, wake-on-lan works perfect but if I shutdown in Windows 8, it doesn't work. Even if I sleep or hibernate in ...
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Wake-on-LAN over internet is all but impossible
I have a new MacBook Pro that I want to be able to log into through ssh or vnc, but no matter what combination of things I try nothing seems to work. Even tried LogMeIn
How do I set-up my MacBook so ...
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How can I turn on a PC remotely?
I am using Team Viewer to control my PCs remotely. It lets me restart my PC, and this is a good feature.
Is it possible however to remotely turn a PC on which is already off (as in powered down)? ...
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Turn on computer remotely (internet) and without WOL support
I know that we can remotely (using internt) turn on the computer if the NIC card support WOL and by enabling that option on the bios.
But my card doesn't support WOL and I dont want to change it, So ...
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How to get PCs IP for WakeOnLan over internet (only by using stock Windows 7 applications)
I want to wake a Windows 7 PC over LAN (via internet).
To find out its IP I don't want to use an external application (like dyndns).
So I only want to use what Windows already offers.
Is that ...
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What does `Wake on Pattern Match` option mean in network card preferences?
I know Wake-on-LAN standard, but I don't understand the use case for Wake on Pattern Match option in the network card preferences. What are the advantages of it?
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Does it matter what UDP port a WOL signal is sent to?
i have seen many WOL instances use port 7 and many use port 9, does it matter?
Isn't it just looking for a WOL packet at layer 2 or ethernet?
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Computer waking up due to some PCI device
Ever since installing my new motherboard (Asus Z77 professional) my computer won't stay asleep for more than a few minutes. Executing powercfg /lastwake always returns the same:
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Listen for wakeonlan request
I would like to know how to listen for wakeonlan paquets on a running system.
I know that my question might seem a little bit useless, because, if a system is running, there is no need to wake up it!
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Wake on LAN Alternatives
I realize there are one or two related posts, but none that quite get at what I'm asking.
I'm using an old computer as a NAS using FreeNAS, and after some tweaking everything is dandy. The NAS is ...
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How to wake-on-LAN through VPN router
I am working at home and want to wake a computer in the corporate network. I have a VPN connection from my Windows 7 PC to the ISA server that operates as RAS server.
Wake-on-LAN is based on UDP/IP ...
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Is automatic Wake On LAN possible with DD-WRT?
I might be thinking the wrong way to solve this problem. If there's a better way, than tell me. I want to be able to allow my home server to sleep when it's unused, but to automatically wake up when ...
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How reliable is Wake on Lan (if configured correctly)?
Or: Why don't my PCs wake up every time I send the Magic Packet?
I do have 2 PCs with similar hardware settings, similar software (OS is Windows 7 x64 Professional) and both connected to the same ...
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How to turn-on/wake-up a laptop without opening the lid?
I use my laptop with 2 external monitors and external keyboard (I use it as a desktop at home), but when I go out I only take the laptop of course.
What bothers me is that I always have to open and ...
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Is dual boot via wake on lan possible?
Is it possible to set up a PC so it can Wake on Lan and then have the option of which OS to boot into?
I want to have a secondary PC with Windows and a *nix variant installed. I want the PC to be in ...
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Wake on Lan works from LAN but not WAN
These describe the situation:
I believe the packet is being properly forwarded from the WAN to the
LAN host, because WoL Magic Packet Sender utility displays a message
the packet is received whenever ...
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How to make server power settings apply even when computer is activated by WOL
I have a computer with 9 hdds as a storage server in the next room for me and my family (movies and such) connected to the router. The computer is without keyboard and monitor, all works fine, but in ...
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Wake on Lan has suddenly stopped working
Wake on Lan has suddenly stopped working, after a few weeks.
I:
- Enabled the option in the BIOS
- Prevented adapter from saving power
- Enabled delivery of magic packet in device manager
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How to force-restart a PC with vPro technology?
I would like to know how to force-restart a PC that has crashed/hung and become completely non-responsive, using 2nd-generation vPro technology. Assume there is a second, fully responsive PC on the ...
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Running program only when PC start up using WOL
Is it possible to create an event or script to launch when the computer is started using Wake-On-Lan?
I don't want to start the program (automatically) when the computer is started up normally.
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WOL for Asus M5A97 built in Realtek Network Adapter
I cant get wake on lan to work for my built in network adapter. Its a ASUS M5A97 motherboard, and the network adapter is a Realtek PCIe GBE.
I have
Shutdown WakeOnLan - Enabled
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My computer turned itself on. Was I hacked?
I woke up and found my PC switched on. I have wake on LAN enabled.
I check the log and my pc started up an hour after i went to bed. I have very basic windows log reading skills. Is there something I ...
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Wake-On-Lan - Behind Two Routers
So here is my current network setup:
There is a central 'Cisco' router for the apartment. I connect wirelessly using an old router of mine (WRT54Gv2) with DD-WRT installed as a client to the central ...
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Mapping a network drive in Windows so that it only reconnects when accessed?
I have a Windows 8 fileserver that is configured to sleep after a period of going unused, and configured to wake-on-lan. I would like to configure some of the Windows 7 systems on the network to map ...
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Wake on LAN has stopped working after installing Windows 7
I have a Dell XPS 630i that came loaded with Windows XP. Wake-on-LAN has always worked fine on it; I send the magic packet and the machine comes to life. Since installing Windows 7, however, it ...
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WOL over Internet - without Router customization
I know that there are already plenty of issues regarding WOL over the Internet but I thinkt that mine is still a little bit different.
Because I am using an internet provider which doesn't allow me ...
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Wake-on-lan only works so many times
I have Wake-on-lan configured on my Windows XP machine so that the computer will wake up from Standby. Waking the computer from Standby via network traffic seems to work a certain number of times, ...
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Wake-on-LAN (WOL) fails after computer crashes (Windows 7 64-bit)
I have a low-end laptop always turned on whose only purpose is to initiate Wake-on-LAN for a second (primary) computer on the same local network, so I can work via remote desktop on this second ...
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Send Wake on Lan (WoL) request manually through the ethernet cable using an Arduino or Raspberry Pi
I'm trying to make a circuit that "intercepts" the ethernet cable before it enters the computer, allowing me to send a "Magic Packet" through the cable manually - by the press of a button for example.
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Windows Wake-on-LAN from Sleep on Laptop
I have a Windows 10 machine that I have configured for Wake-on-LAN, including disabling Windows's "fast startup" feature. This machine is an old laptop, which I intend to run with the lid ...
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Windows 10 PC fails to wake via WOL after a shutdown from the Start menu option but works after a BAT shutdown method, why?
My Windows 10 Dell Latitude E6500 laptop PC fails to wake up via a wake on LAN magic packet after it had been shutdown via the shutdown option from the Windows10 Start menu. However if I shut it down ...
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How can I send a WOL Magic Packet from Win 10 on wifi to wake an Ubuntu computer connected via ethernet cable to the wifi router?
Novice here.
I have an Arris BGW210-700 wifi router (which is required for AT&T fiber).
Plugged into that via ethernet is an Ubuntu computer that is often sleeping. It's the only device plugged in ...
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Forwarding The Same Port To Multiple LAN Servers?
I would like to be able to use the Wake-On-LAN feature to be able to turn on the two computers attached to my router when i am out of the house using my WAN IP Address.
Router = 81.210.109.0
PC A = ...
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Wake on LAN through PHY and unicast only works in the first ~30 seconds after pm-suspend
I'm having some trouble with Wake on LAN through PHY and unicast. I'm able to wake the system by pinging or sshing the shut down machine, but only within the first ~30 seconds. Why's that, what could ...
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Turning on computer using communication port
I am working on something that would require a computer to be turned on "remotely" but still within reach in the same building. I did some reading about WOL (Wake On LAN) and would like to know if ...
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Wake on lan only works after Start -> Shutdown
Does anyone know why when I use wake on lan it only works if I shutdown the computer through Start -> Shutdown, but if I use the shutdown -f command (as I do in a batch file after a system backup), ...
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"Allow this device to wake up the computer" disabled
I have a wireless network adapter which I would to use to wake up the computer, but it´s disabled (I can´t check it). I´m running windows 7 64 bits. Why is that?
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Wake on LAN Port Forwarding not Working
I am trying to configure the server I run from my home with Wake on LAN so that it is not necessary for me to keep it running when I do not need it. I have been able to get it to work on when the ...
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Find out how long ago the windows computer woke up
I have a backup server which gets waken up by a wake-on-lan packet, then pulls the files from the clients and then goes back to sleep again.
Sometimes I wake it up via WOL and want to keep it on for ...
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WOL over Internet (WAN)
I am having trouble enabling WOL over the internet.
WOL from within my network (LAN) works just fine - I am able to send a packet to UDP 9 and the machine wakes up.
The problem is waking the ...
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