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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 useful, this function must be performed manually every time you wish to wake a device. |
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+ | Automating the process by using the Scheduler has two main advantages: | ||
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+ | - First, waking many devices on a network with many clients using the Wake-On-LAN menu would be tedious and time-consuming. | ||
+ | - Second, the Scheduler allows you to wake devices | ||
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Here are the available parameters for **ether-wake**: | Here are the available parameters for **ether-wake**: | ||
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-p PASSWORD | -p PASSWORD | ||
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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: | ||
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- | - Scroll to the Custom field of your choice (e.g. **Custom 1**). | + | |
- | - Tick its **Enabled** | + | - Go to the [[admin-sched|Scheduler]] menu. |
+ | - Scroll to the Custom field of your choice (in our example, | ||
+ | - Check the corresponding | ||
- In the **Time** menu, select 2:45 PM. | - In the **Time** menu, select 2:45 PM. | ||
- | - Tick the checkboxes for Monday through Friday. | + | - Enable |
- | - Enter **ether-wake -b AB: | + | - Enter **ether-wake -b AB: |
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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: | ||
- | {{: | + | * Asus BIOS/ |
+ | * AWARD BIOS - "PME Event Wakeup" | ||
+ | * AMI BIOS - "Power on by PCI devices" | ||
- | ===== Notes ===== | + | \\ |
- | For a PC to wake up from a WOL packet, it must have its WOL firmware setting | + | WoL settings in the PC's operating system also must be enabled. |
- | * Power on by PCI-E or PCI (Asus UEFI) | + | WoL functions generally assume a client PC/device starts from a powered off state. |
- | * PME Event Wakeup | + | |
- | * Power on by PCI devices | + | |
- | WOL settings in the PC's operating system also must be enabled. | + | \\ |