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 <[email protected]> wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Buechler" <[email protected] > > > To: <[email protected]> > 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 <[email protected]> > 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 fun....and 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: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org
