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- | ====== Schedule | + | ====== Schedule |
- | \\ | + | FreshTomato includes a Wake-on-LAN (WoL) function under the Tools menu. While useful, this function must be performed manually every time you wish to wake a device. |
- | FreshTomato includes | + | Instead, waking devices can be performed automatically using the Scheduler function. Automating the process by using the Scheduler has two main advantages. First, waking many devices on a network with many clients using Wake-On-LAN menu would be tedious and time-consuming. Doing the same in a script makes the process much more manageable. Second, the Scheduler allows |
- | Many UEFI/BIOS interfaces have a Wake-On-LAN option setting, such as: | ||
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- | * Power on by PCI-E or PCI (Asus UEFI) | ||
- | * PME Event Wakeup | ||
- | * Power on by PCI devices | ||
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- | These functions generally assume a client PC/hardware device starts out from a powered down state. | ||
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- | - Navigate to Administration/ | ||
- | - Scroll to the Custom field of your choice. Check **Enabled** | ||
- | - In the **Time** menu, select a time (e.g. 9:30 AM) or frequency option \\ (e.g. every 30 mins) for when or how often you want the task executed | ||
- | - Now check the **Days** you want it executed or Every day. | ||
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- | The command to execute is '' | + | Here are the available parameters for **ether-wake**: |
<code bash> | <code bash> | ||
- | ether-wake --help | ||
- | BusyBox v1.33.1 (2021-08-11 16:11:49 CEST) multi-call binary. | ||
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Usage: ether-wake [-b] [-i IFACE] [-p aa: | Usage: ether-wake [-b] [-i IFACE] [-p aa: | ||
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-p PASSWORD | -p PASSWORD | ||
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+ | \\ \\ For example, this will send a Wake-on-LAN signal to the device on your LAN with a MAC address of AB: | ||
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+ | - Go to the [[admin-sched|Scheduler]] menu. | ||
+ | - Scroll to the Custom field of your choice (in our example, **Custom 1**). | ||
+ | - Check the corresponding **Enabled** setting. | ||
+ | - In the **Time** menu, select 2:45 PM. | ||
+ | - Check the checkboxes for Monday through Friday. | ||
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- | The minimum command parameters required are "-b MAC" | ||
- | <code bash> | + | Enter **ether-wake -b AB: |
- | ether-wake -b AB: | + | |
- | </ | + | \\ {{: |
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- | To wake up your PC every weekday at 2:45pm, enter: | ||
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+ | ===== Notes and Troubleshooting ===== | ||
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+ | For a PC to wake up from a WOL packet, it must have its WOL firmware setting enabled. Before testing scheduled WOL events in FreshTomato, | ||
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+ | Most UEFI/BIOS interfaces will have a Wake-On-LAN option named similar to: | ||
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+ | * Asus BIOS/ | ||
+ | * AWARD BIOS - "PME Event Wakeup" | ||
+ | * AMI BIOS - "Power on by PCI devices" | ||
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+ | WOL settings in the PC's operating system also must be enabled. For Details, see: [[https:// | ||
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+ | WOL functions generally assume a client PC/device starts from a powered off state. | ||
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