Wake on lan

[kvloover]

Awesome new feature. Just I can't seem toget it to work. How do you use the wake on lan?

[kvloover]

on pc to explain some more details:

What I've done:

- enable in bios
- enable on lan : Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network and Sharing Center > local area network > properties > configure > Allow device to wake computer
(- Also tried with enabling: "only magic packets...")

in automagic (wale on lan action)
- got mac adress using the IP of the PC
- entered IP of PC
(as well as put it back to .255)

I managed to do it once from what I can tell, but have failed to reproduce the results.

[kvloover]

Seems to be on my side, as I also can't seem to wake up PC with my laptop ...
Any ideas what I'm doing wrong are appreciated.

[auto_wiz]

Make sure you untick "Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power" in the power management tab. Try port 7 and port 9.

If you have windows 7 try having a look here:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/libr ... S.10).aspx

It may be of some help. I don't know much about wake on LAN and you seem to have done everything suggested in the above page but might be worth a read.

[Martin]

Please verify that Automagic determined the correct MAC address and use the .255 broadcast address to send the packet to. You can also try to use 255.255.255.255 in the IP field.
The Wake on LAN packet is usually discarded if there is a router between the two devices.
Some devices only wake up from standby and not when completely turned off.

[kvloover]

There's a router in between and I believe it'll be the problem. I've tried everything I can find on the internet, such a shame.

[Pendrokar]

Pendrokar engages in Necromancy.

The Wake on LAN packet is usually discarded if there is a router between the two devices.

That seems to be true. Especially the "usually" part. The action works, but when my Windows PC has been sleeping for a while the Automagic action executes without an exception or the PC waking up. I sometimes have to execute the command multiple times before PC gets the message.

So I worked around it by executing the following ping command and have it run the wake command again on timeout*:

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while ! ping -c1 127.0.0.1 &>/dev/null; do :; done;

Replace IP with the device's IP or execute it on your phone to test the command.

* This might seem a hidden Automagic feature for some. On some Flow links you can edit the link and set it to 'Exception', so not only edit it for 'true' or 'false' links of flow conditions.

[Desmanto]

* This might seem a hidden Automagic feature for some. On some Flow links you can edit the link and set it to 'Exception', so not only edit it for 'true' or 'false' links of flow conditions.

All connection can be changed to exception. Just tap the connection and change it to exception : viewtopic.php?f=5&t=7314#p20955