Re: [pfSense Support] Wake On LAN - Now Works on 1.2.3 Embedded!
Motherboards (and ethernet cards) that are PCI 2.2 (or above) should support PME (Power Management Events) signals to be sent back and forth without the need for a WOL cable. For that to happen you sometimes need to enable PME in the BIOS (sometimes called Enable Wake On Lan) along with Reserve Power for PCI Cards which keeps the PCI cards powered up during ACPI/G1 or G2 states (Sleep, hibernate or shutdown). mitch Peter Todorov wrote: What you do on client machine? On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 6:11 AM, Tortise tort...@paradise.net.nz wrote: - Original Message - From: Chris Weakland chris.weakl...@gmail.com To: support@pfsense.com Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2009 4:40 AM Subject: Re: [pfSense Support] Wake On LAN - Now Works on 1.2.3 Embedded! Also if ur nic is a pci or pcie nic the wol cable must be connected to the motherboard header for it to work with wol. Chris I just tried WOL using an Intel 1000GT PCI NIC, (using no wol cable between the NIC and the motherboard) and it works fine. The tested motherboard is a GA-EP31-DS3L, which (sadly) does not have WOL in the BIOS. Certainly many NIC's and motherboards will need those cables, clearly not always. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: support-unsubscr...@pfsense.com For additional commands, e-mail: support-h...@pfsense.com Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: support-unsubscr...@pfsense.com For additional commands, e-mail: support-h...@pfsense.com Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org
Re: [pfSense Support] Wake On LAN - Now Works on 1.2.3 Embedded!
- Original Message - From: Chris Weakland chris.weakl...@gmail.com To: support@pfsense.com Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2009 4:40 AM Subject: Re: [pfSense Support] Wake On LAN - Now Works on 1.2.3 Embedded! Also if ur nic is a pci or pcie nic the wol cable must be connected to the motherboard header for it to work with wol. Chris I just tried WOL using an Intel 1000GT PCI NIC, (using no wol cable between the NIC and the motherboard) and it works fine. The tested motherboard is a GA-EP31-DS3L, which (sadly) does not have WOL in the BIOS. Certainly many NIC's and motherboards will need those cables, clearly not always. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: support-unsubscr...@pfsense.com For additional commands, e-mail: support-h...@pfsense.com Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org
Re: [pfSense Support] Wake On LAN - Now Works on 1.2.3 Embedded!
What you do on client machine? On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 6:11 AM, Tortise tort...@paradise.net.nz wrote: - Original Message - From: Chris Weakland chris.weakl...@gmail.com To: support@pfsense.com Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2009 4:40 AM Subject: Re: [pfSense Support] Wake On LAN - Now Works on 1.2.3 Embedded! Also if ur nic is a pci or pcie nic the wol cable must be connected to the motherboard header for it to work with wol. Chris I just tried WOL using an Intel 1000GT PCI NIC, (using no wol cable between the NIC and the motherboard) and it works fine. The tested motherboard is a GA-EP31-DS3L, which (sadly) does not have WOL in the BIOS. Certainly many NIC's and motherboards will need those cables, clearly not always. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: support-unsubscr...@pfsense.com For additional commands, e-mail: support-h...@pfsense.com Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org -- честността не е порок - To unsubscribe, e-mail: support-unsubscr...@pfsense.com For additional commands, e-mail: support-h...@pfsense.com Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org
Re: [pfSense Support] Wake On LAN - Now Works on 1.2.3 Embedded!
Here is my expierence with wake on lan. The bios and the operating system have to be configured to put the nic into the proper state upon shutdown sucht hat can be awaken by a wol packet. In windows u need to modify the nic in device manager and enable this feature. If the pc looses total power, ie. the power plug pulled from the source and then re-pluged in, wol may not function. Chris On Dec 12, 2009, at 1:21 AM, Tortise tort...@paradise.net.nz wrote: - Original Message - From: Chris Buechler cbuech...@gmail.com To: support@pfsense.com Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 8:57 PM Subject: Re: [pfSense Support] Wake On LAN On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 2:53 AM, Tortise tort...@paradise.net.nz wrote: Somehow I cannot get magic packets to awaken any PC on a pfSense LAN. I don't get it. Some motherboard BIOS seem to have WOL and others don't. Even the ones I have that are said to have it cannot be awoken as best I can tell! I have tried an Intel GT1000 with WOL functionality. I can get Boot on LAN to work OK, WOL seems a mystery! It is not clear to me the state that a PC to be awoken in is, I expected that the ATX power supplies would allow the PC to awaken when the right packets are sent however I am wondering if what is needed is a PC in a suspended state - or something else? Just need a WOL-enabled NIC, and to have WOL turned on in the BIOS. If you have an onboard NIC, it should be as simple as enabling it in the BIOS. As long as the machine is plugged in, it'll wake. With add-in NICs you need a WOL cable from the NIC to the motherboard, that can complicate things. - Well I had already done all that and it still didn't work, that was using 1.2.3 RC1 embedded. (3 NIC's, one WAN, two LAN) I now wish I had set up a sniffer to see if magic packets were actually going out I just upgraded to 1.2.3 and thought I'd fire off a few magic packets for funand just as well I was sitting on my chair, the other PC's had fired into life! Only thing that had really changed was the pfSense version! (That means the motherboard BIOS was already enabled for each on board NIC on the couple of Pentium 3000 class boxes I had tried) Curious that I couldn't find any updates about this, anyway others might find it works now? Thank you for the posters on this topic, it seems it may have proved a useful thread for some... In addition to what Chris said above I understand that some NIC's do not need an additional WOL cable for WOL, e.g. Intel 1000GT which are WOL capable and have no cable connection! I hate having to get some more 512M plus CF cards but accept there are excellent reasons for this! Looking forward to checking out some more embedded stuff. I'd suggested the other half give me the pfsense book for Christmas in the hope I might learn some useful stuff about VLAN's etc, even if I don't learn anything I am pleased the other half is contributing to support pfSense! Happy Christmas all! - To unsubscribe, e-mail: support-unsubscr...@pfsense.com For additional commands, e-mail: support-h...@pfsense.com Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: support-unsubscr...@pfsense.com For additional commands, e-mail: support-h...@pfsense.com Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org
Re: [pfSense Support] Wake On LAN - Now Works on 1.2.3 Embedded!
Also if ur nic is a pci or pcie nic the wol cable must be connected to the motherboard header for it to work with wol. Chris On Dec 12, 2009, at 1:21 AM, Tortise tort...@paradise.net.nz wrote: - Original Message - From: Chris Buechler cbuech...@gmail.com To: support@pfsense.com Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 8:57 PM Subject: Re: [pfSense Support] Wake On LAN On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 2:53 AM, Tortise tort...@paradise.net.nz wrote: Somehow I cannot get magic packets to awaken any PC on a pfSense LAN. I don't get it. Some motherboard BIOS seem to have WOL and others don't. Even the ones I have that are said to have it cannot be awoken as best I can tell! I have tried an Intel GT1000 with WOL functionality. I can get Boot on LAN to work OK, WOL seems a mystery! It is not clear to me the state that a PC to be awoken in is, I expected that the ATX power supplies would allow the PC to awaken when the right packets are sent however I am wondering if what is needed is a PC in a suspended state - or something else? Just need a WOL-enabled NIC, and to have WOL turned on in the BIOS. If you have an onboard NIC, it should be as simple as enabling it in the BIOS. As long as the machine is plugged in, it'll wake. With add-in NICs you need a WOL cable from the NIC to the motherboard, that can complicate things. - Well I had already done all that and it still didn't work, that was using 1.2.3 RC1 embedded. (3 NIC's, one WAN, two LAN) I now wish I had set up a sniffer to see if magic packets were actually going out I just upgraded to 1.2.3 and thought I'd fire off a few magic packets for funand just as well I was sitting on my chair, the other PC's had fired into life! Only thing that had really changed was the pfSense version! (That means the motherboard BIOS was already enabled for each on board NIC on the couple of Pentium 3000 class boxes I had tried) Curious that I couldn't find any updates about this, anyway others might find it works now? Thank you for the posters on this topic, it seems it may have proved a useful thread for some... In addition to what Chris said above I understand that some NIC's do not need an additional WOL cable for WOL, e.g. Intel 1000GT which are WOL capable and have no cable connection! I hate having to get some more 512M plus CF cards but accept there are excellent reasons for this! Looking forward to checking out some more embedded stuff. I'd suggested the other half give me the pfsense book for Christmas in the hope I might learn some useful stuff about VLAN's etc, even if I don't learn anything I am pleased the other half is contributing to support pfSense! Happy Christmas all! - To unsubscribe, e-mail: support-unsubscr...@pfsense.com For additional commands, e-mail: support-h...@pfsense.com Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: support-unsubscr...@pfsense.com For additional commands, e-mail: support-h...@pfsense.com Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org
Re: [pfSense Support] Wake On LAN - Now Works on 1.2.3 Embedded!
- Original Message - From: Chris Buechler cbuech...@gmail.com To: support@pfsense.com Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 8:57 PM Subject: Re: [pfSense Support] Wake On LAN On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 2:53 AM, Tortise tort...@paradise.net.nz wrote: Somehow I cannot get magic packets to awaken any PC on a pfSense LAN. I don't get it. Some motherboard BIOS seem to have WOL and others don't. Even the ones I have that are said to have it cannot be awoken as best I can tell! I have tried an Intel GT1000 with WOL functionality. I can get Boot on LAN to work OK, WOL seems a mystery! It is not clear to me the state that a PC to be awoken in is, I expected that the ATX power supplies would allow the PC to awaken when the right packets are sent however I am wondering if what is needed is a PC in a suspended state - or something else? Just need a WOL-enabled NIC, and to have WOL turned on in the BIOS. If you have an onboard NIC, it should be as simple as enabling it in the BIOS. As long as the machine is plugged in, it'll wake. With add-in NICs you need a WOL cable from the NIC to the motherboard, that can complicate things. - Well I had already done all that and it still didn't work, that was using 1.2.3 RC1 embedded. (3 NIC's, one WAN, two LAN) I now wish I had set up a sniffer to see if magic packets were actually going out I just upgraded to 1.2.3 and thought I'd fire off a few magic packets for funand just as well I was sitting on my chair, the other PC's had fired into life! Only thing that had really changed was the pfSense version! (That means the motherboard BIOS was already enabled for each on board NIC on the couple of Pentium 3000 class boxes I had tried) Curious that I couldn't find any updates about this, anyway others might find it works now? Thank you for the posters on this topic, it seems it may have proved a useful thread for some... In addition to what Chris said above I understand that some NIC's do not need an additional WOL cable for WOL, e.g. Intel 1000GT which are WOL capable and have no cable connection! I hate having to get some more 512M plus CF cards but accept there are excellent reasons for this! Looking forward to checking out some more embedded stuff. I'd suggested the other half give me the pfsense book for Christmas in the hope I might learn some useful stuff about VLAN's etc, even if I don't learn anything I am pleased the other half is contributing to support pfSense! Happy Christmas all! - To unsubscribe, e-mail: support-unsubscr...@pfsense.com For additional commands, e-mail: support-h...@pfsense.com Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org
Re: [pfSense Support] Wake On LAN - Now Works on 1.2.3 Embedded!
On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 1:21 AM, Tortise tort...@paradise.net.nz wrote: Well I had already done all that and it still didn't work, that was using 1.2.3 RC1 embedded. (3 NIC's, one WAN, two LAN) I now wish I had set up a sniffer to see if magic packets were actually going out I just upgraded to 1.2.3 and thought I'd fire off a few magic packets for funand just as well I was sitting on my chair, the other PC's had fired into life! Only thing that had really changed was the pfSense version! (That means the motherboard BIOS was already enabled for each on board NIC on the couple of Pentium 3000 class boxes I had tried) Interesting. We weren't on FreeBSD 7.1 for long, so it's possible there were also problems with it in that build. Nothing changed in our code related to that since 1.2 or 1.2.1, but the binary could have been non-functional for some reason that wasn't detected since we weren't on 7.1 for long. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: support-unsubscr...@pfsense.com For additional commands, e-mail: support-h...@pfsense.com Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org
