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 <[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
