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

[Kevin Kuphal]

Chad 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.
>   
Are you using the mac address or the IP address?  When the system is 
sleeping, it doesn't have an IP so you use the MAC (hardware) address of 
the card:

[root at mythtv root]# ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:04:5A:87:F5:65
          inet addr:192.168.1.100  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0

The HWaddr is what you want like:

wakeonlan 00:04:51:87:F5:65

Kevin