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====== Schedule Tomato To "Wake Up" Network Devices ====== | ====== Schedule Tomato To "Wake Up" Network Devices ====== | ||
- | FreshTomato includes a Wake-On-Lan (WOL) function under the Tools menu. While often useful, this function must be performed manually every time you wish to wake a device. | + | FreshTomato includes a Wake-On-LAN (WOL) function under the Tools menu. While often useful, this function must be performed manually every time you wish to wake a device. However, within FreshTomato you can also schedule a WOL signal to automatically |
- | For a PC to wake up from a WOL packet, it must have its WOL firmware setting enabled. Before testing scheduled WOL events in Tomato, please ensure your PC has the appropriate UEFI/BIOS menu setting enabled to recognize Wake-On-LAN packets. Most UEFI/BIOS interfaces have a Wake-On-LAN option named something like: | + | Here are the available parameters |
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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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- | WOL settings in the PC's operating system also must be enabled (see [[https:// | + | |
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- | To schedule WOL events in FreshTomato: | + | |
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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 **ether-wake**. Here are the parameters available for ether-wake: | + | |
<code bash> | <code bash> | ||
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+ | \\ For example, to send a Wake-On-LAN signal to the device on your local network with a MAC address of AB: | ||
- | \\ The minimum parameters required | + | - Navigate to Administration/ |
+ | - Scroll to the Custom field of your choice (e.g. **Custom 1**). | ||
+ | - Tick its **Enabled** checkbox. | ||
+ | - In the **Time** menu, select 2:45 PM. | ||
+ | - Tick the checkboxes | ||
+ | - Enter **ether-wake | ||
- | <code bash> | + | {{: |
- | ether-wake -b AB:CD:EF:01:23:45 | + | |
- | </code> | + | ===== Notes ===== |
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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 Tomato, please ensure your PC has the appropriate UEFI/BIOS menu setting enabled to recognize Wake-On-LAN packets. Most UEFI/BIOS interfaces will have a Wake-On-LAN option named something like: | ||
+ | |||
+ | * Power on by PCI-E or PCI (Asus UEFI) | ||
+ | * PME Event Wakeup | ||
+ | * Power on by PCI devices | ||
+ | |||
+ | WOL settings in the PC's operating system also must be enabled. | ||
- | \\ To wake up your PC every weekday at 2:45pm, enter: | ||
- | {{: |