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schedule_wol [2023/05/03 04:00] – [Schedule Tomato To "Wake Up" Network Devices]-formatting hogwild | schedule_wol [2023/06/07 16:59] – [Schedule Tomato To "Wake Up" Network Devices] -formatting hogwild | ||
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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. |
- | Here are the available parameters for **ether-wake**: | + | Automating |
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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 automatically. You don't need to remember to do anything, as long as \\ the Scheduler is functioning. The ether-wake | ||
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+ | Here are the available parameters for **ether-wake**: | ||
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- | \\ \\ For example, | + | |
- | - Navigate | + | - Go to the [[admin-sched|Scheduler]] menu. |
- | - Scroll to the Custom field of your choice (e.g. **Custom 1**). | + | - Scroll to the Custom field of your choice (in our example, |
- | - Tick its **Enabled** | + | - 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: | ||
- | \\ | + | ===== Notes and Troubleshooting ===== |
- | {{: | + | 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, |
- | \\ | + | 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. | + | \\ |