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WOL not working every time.

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  • 12-10-2009 10:54pm
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    kierank01
    Registered Users Posts: 720 ✭✭✭


    Hi all,

    I have a WOL enabled NIC, and can boot the machine from the web interface of my router, but only after a power cycle.

    This is a very old Dell that I want to setup as a NAS.

    If I unplug and plugin the power cable, I can WOL the machine, but if I shut the machine down, I cannot WOL the machine without unplugging the power cable again.

    Has anyone seen this before? Could it be as simple as some configuration setting? if so what? or could it be more like the was that WOL is implimented on my NIC?

    TIA
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    kierank01
    Registered Users Posts: 720 ✭✭✭kierank01


    anybody?


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    Knasher
    Registered Users Posts: 2,370 ✭✭✭Knasher


    Assuming your running some version of linux, try running 
    ethtool -s eth0 wol g
    and shutting down. If you can then wake via lan you just need to add that code to a script at startup.


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    kierank01
    Registered Users Posts: 720 ✭✭✭kierank01


    Knasher wrote: »
    Assuming your running some version of linux, try running 
    ethtool -s eth0 wol g
    and shutting down. If you can then wake via lan you just need to add that code to a script at startup.


    at the moment, I have freebsd, just to see what it is like, but there is something wrong with it recognising its hostname (haven't looked into this yet).

    I'll see if I can run this on bsd, and if not I will put a linux back on, and check then.


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