[mythtv-users] WOL doesn't seem to work, any pointers?

[Scott Colbeck]

On 11/5/06, Chad <masterclc at gmail.com> wrote:
> I've read a bunch of stuff on using WOL including a mini-How-TO:
> http://gsd.di.uminho.pt/jpo/software/wakeonlan/mini-howto/wol-mini-howto-3.html
>
> It seems to be a *very* simple process, but I'm not having much luck.
> I'm sure that the test system I'm trying to get this working on is WOL
> capable (a Commell LV-667T) and I've tried 2 of the 'tools' listed on
> that mini How-TO.  The first one I tried was:
>
> wakeonlan
>
> The command is fairly simple:
> wakeonlan aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff
>
> Where aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff is the MAC address of the ethernet port on the
> Commell.  I'm running that command from another system on my LAN.  By
> default, wakeonlan uses 255.255.255.255 and just for kicks I've also
> tried 192.168.1.255
>
> I've also tried:
>
> ether-wake
>
> The only thing I got from it was that it needed to be run by root, so
> I did, but still the system didn't wake up.
>
> I've set the setting in the BIOS to "Wake on LAN/Ring" and I've got
> the ethernet cable plugged into the ethernet port (there are 2, it's
> plugged into ethernet_1 and I've tried ethernet_2 just to make sure,
> no difference).
>
> My basic LAN info is:
> inet addr:192.168.1.100  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
>
> That's from ifconfig  The router sits at 192.168.1.1 (smoothwall) and
> the 2 machines I'm trying to test this with is connected to the same
> switch on my LAN side of the router (not on the orange or red
> interfaces, it's all green and further LAN segmented).
>
> I'm not sure what other kind of info you may need, but any pointers at
> this point would be helpful.
>
> Thanks!
>
> PS:  I figure this is MythTV related since I'm trying to get this
> working so I don't have to have my MythTV backends up 24/7 for no real
> good reason.  Also, I'd really really really prefer to not use nvram,
> WOL seems much more elegant and... safe.
>
> -Chad
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For WOL to work on my system, I had to make sure it was enabled in my
ethernet driver.  I am using Gentoo and this page,
http://gentoo-wiki.com/Wake_on_lan helped a lot.  Even if you are not
using Gentoo, it could still provide you with some help.

Scott