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| - | The **WOL** (Wake-On-Lan) page allows you to send Wake-On-Lan (aka "Magic" | + | This function |
| - | 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/ | + | The list of devices on this menu includes: |
| - | * Power on by PCI-E or PCI (Asus UEFI) | + | * Devices already active in the ARP table. |
| - | * PME Event Wakeup | + | * Devices defined in a static DHCP assignment. |
| - | * Power on by PCI devices | + | * Devices defined manually in the //Dnsmaq Custom configuration// |
| - | 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/]] | + | \\ 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. |
| - | [[https:// | + | \\ There are two ways to send a magic packet to a device |
| - | [[https:// | + | - Click anywhere in the list on the device you want to wake. The **Wake Up** button briefly will grey out, then return. |
| + | - Type the desired MAC addresses of the devices 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 to be remembered for future use. | ||
| - | WOL functions generally assume a client PC/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. | + | \\ {{: |
| - | \\ The list of devices on this page includes: | + | \\ |
| - | * Devices already active in the ARP table. | + | \\ |
| - | * Devices defined in a static DHCP assignment. | + | |
| - | * Devices defined manually in the //Dnsmaq Custom configuration// | + | |
| - | \\ Some devices might appear on this menu, but not have their hostname defined/ | ||
| - | \\ There are two ways to wake up a device: | + | ===== Wake on LAN Notes and Troubleshooting ===== |
| - | - Click anywhere on the device | + | Your client |
| - | - Type the desired MAC Address(es) of the devices | + | |
| - | [[https:// | + | Most PCs have a Wake-on-LAN option that must be enabled in the UEFI or BIOS, named something like: |
| - | NOTE: MAC addresses in the MAC Address List field are remembered, as long as have clicked | + | * Power on by PCI-E or PCI (Asus UEFI) |
| + | * PME Event Wakeup | ||
| + | * Power on by PCI devices | ||
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| + | In terms of software, you must also enable the Wake on LAN settings in your PC operating system. | ||
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| + | For details, see: | ||
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