On Fri, 2023-06-23 at 09:18 +0200, Roberto Ragusa wrote: > On 6/21/23 13:52, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > I'm trying to set up WOL for my desktop. I've enabled the feature > > in > > BIOS and set my router config to send magic packets on the wired > > connection, but clearly there's something else I need to do. Wakeup > > does work from the front panel button on the case, but nothing > > happens > > when I try it over the LAN. > > WOL is often problematic, you should at least try to see > - if your client is really sending the packet (sniff the network and > check); > if not, try to specify interface or similar options > - if the machine has an active ethernet interface (if the LEDs on it > or on > the switch are off, no chance, there must be at least 10/100Mbit/s > link active); > if not, you have to enable WOL (or wake on event) in the BIOS, or > with ethtool > on a booted system > > Bad experience I had in the past (or present): > - NIC firmware bugs requiring you to send the MAC with octects in > reverted order > - WOL listening only after a shutdown; if the power goes away and > comes back > WOL doesn't work anymore (the BIOS was just "playing dead" waiting, > but > needing power to keep this state) Thanks. poc _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
