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---
title: Wake-on-LAN
layout: default
created: 2008-08-13 22:18:28 +0200
updated: 2008-08-13 22:18:28 +0200
toc: false
tags:
- know-how
- software
- linux
- networking
---
Preparing to go asleep
======================
To make Linux not shut down the network interface upon *halt*, edit the file ˋ/etc/init.d/haltˋ, find the line with the
ˋhaltˋ command and remove the parameter ˋ-iˋ if there. This parameter does ˋifdownˋ on all networking interfaces. As the
manpage for *halt* states, this is unneccessary for newer kernels - also it disables WOL.
The second step is to make sure, your card supports WOL. To find out, issue the ˋsudo ethtool eth0ˋ command. You should
get something like this:
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Settings for eth0:
Supported ports: [ TP MII ]
Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
Advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
Speed: 10Mb/s
Duplex: Half
Port: MII
PHYAD: 1
Transceiver: internal
Auto-negotiation: on
Supports Wake-on: g
Wake-on: g
Current message level: 0x00000007 (7)
Link detected: no
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The important lines are the ˋSupports Wake-onˋ and ˋWake-onˋ ones. The "ˋgˋ" means it is enabled for MagicPacket™.
If not, you should manually call the command:
ethtool -s eth0 wol g
This should enable WOL for the card. If this works, you have to issue this command after every bootup as the state will
be back to disabled then. You might want to create a startup script.
Waking remote PCs
=================
The simple way is to use ˋwakeonlanˋ which only supports MagicPacket™.
For a PC in a Class C network, use a call like this:
wakeonlan -i 192.168.1.255 de:ad:be:ef:ca:fe
This would send the packet to the 192.168.1.x subnet and the PC with the specified MAC address should wake up.
**Note:** Some nVidia chipsets require the MAC address to be specified in reverse order. In the example this would
be ˋfe:ca:ef:be:ad:deˋ.