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--- tools-wol [2022/02/17 15:42] – formatting hogwild
+++ tools-wol [2024/11/06 23:29] (current) – [Wake on LAN Notes and Troubleshooting] hogwild
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-====== WOL ======
+====== Wake on LAN ======
-The **WOL** menu allows you to send Wake-on-Lan (aka "Magic") packets to your wired client devices to power them on.
+This function lets you a send a Wake-on-LAN signal ("magic packet") to wired network devices to wake them/power them on.  Wake-on-LAN is generally not supported by wireless devices. \\   \\   \\ {{:pasted:20200524-104525.png?760}}  \\   \\  \\
+The list of devices on this menu includes:
  \\
+ \\
+  * Devices already active in the ARP table.
+  * Devices defined in a DHCP Reservation/Static DHCP assignment.
+  * Devices defined manually in the //Dnsmaq Custom configuration//  field \\ in the [[advanced-dhcpdns|DHCP/DNS/TFTP]] menu. \\ For example: ''dhcp-host=70:EE:50:37:E8:46,myhostnamein''
-Client devices must be configured to respond to WOL packets for this to work. For a PC to wake up from a WOL packet, it must have its WoL firmware setting enabled. Before testing WoL events scheduled in FreshTomato, 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:
+ \\ Some devices may appear with no defined hostname. You can define one in the //Dnsmasq Custom configuration// field as a workaround.
-  * Power on by PCI-E or PCI   (Asus UEFI)
+\\  \\
-  * PME Event Wakeup          (AWARD BIOS)
-  * Power on by PCI devices     (AMI BIOS)
-WoL settings in the PC's operating system also must be enabled. For details, see: \\ [[https://www.howtogeek.com/70374/how-to-geek-explains-what-is-wake-on-lan-and-how-do-i-enable-it/]]
+There are two ways to send a magic packet to a network device:
+ \\
+ \\
+  - Click anywhere in the list on the device to wake. The **Wake Up**\\ button briefly will grey out, then return. This indicates a magic packet \\ was just sent to that device's MAC address. \\
+  - Type the desired MAC addresses to wake into the **MAC Address List** box, \\ and then click **Wake Up**. Note that the **Wake Up** button also serves to save\\ the contents of the **MAC Address List** box for future use.
-[[https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-client/deployment/wake-on-lan-feature]]
-[[https://wiki.debian.org/WakeOnLan]]
+===== Wake on LAN Notes and Troubleshooting =====
-Generally, WoL functions assume a client device starts out from an off state, possible on Windows PCs.  If your system is in a suspend or sleep state, it may not recognize the wake signal and therefore may not wake as expected.
+For WoL to work, client devices must be configured to respond to magic packets, both in firmware and software.  Enabling the firmware option causes the device's Ethernet chip to remain powered on even when the device is sleeping/off. This allows it to listen for magic packets.  Enabling the software option allows the device to wake up/power on when that packet is received.
- \\\\ The list of devices on this page includes:
+ \\
-  * Devices already active in the ARP table.
+Most PCs have a Wake-on-LAN option to enable in UEFI/BIOS, named something like:  \\   \\
-  * Devices defined in a static DHCP assignment.
-  * Devices defined manually in the //Dnsmaq Custom configuration//  field \\ in the Advanced/DHCP/DNS/menu. \\ For example: ''dhcp-host=70:EE:50:37:E8:46,myhostnamein''
- \\ Some devices might appear on this menu, without their hostname defined/displayed. You can work around this by defining them manually in the //Dnsmasq Custom configuration//  field, as described above.
+  * Power on by PCI-E or PCI   (Asus UEFI)
+  * PME Event Wakeup          (AWARD BIOS)
+  * Power on by PCI devices     (AMI BIOS)
- \\ There are two ways to wake up a device:
+ \\
-  - Click anywhere on the device you want to wake. After clicking, you should see the words (WAKE UP) in the Wake Up button (not the button itself) briefly turn grey. This indicates a WoL packet was sent to that device's MAC Address.
+You must also enable the WoL settings in your operating system.
-  - Type the desired MAC Address(es) of the devices to be awakened into the "MAC Address list" field, and then click the WAKE UP button. \\  \\
-[[https://wiki.freshtomato.org/lib/exe/detail.php?id=wol&media=pasted:20200524-104525.png|{{:pasted:20200524-104525.png}}]]
+For details, see:\\
+ \\
+[[https://www.howtogeek.com/70374/how-to-geek-explains-what-is-wake-on-lan-and-how-do-i-enable-it/|HOWTOGEEK explains what is Wake on LAN and How Do I Enable it?]]
-===== WOL Notes =====
+[[https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-client/deployment/wake-on-lan-feature|Microsoft Docs: WoL Behaviour in Windows 10]]
-MAC Addresses in the MAC Address List field are remembered, if you have clicked //Wake Up// at least once after entering them.
+[[https://wiki.debian.org/WakeOnLan]]
+ \\
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