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To enable Wake-On-Lan (WOL) on your hda:
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To enable Wake-On-Lan (WOL) on your HDA
  
 
1. Enable WOL in the BIOS
 
1. Enable WOL in the BIOS
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4. Look for a line similar to this:   
 
4. Look for a line similar to this:   
  
<code>Wake-on: g</code>
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        Wake-on: g
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This means that WOL by magic packets is enabled on that interface.
 
This means that WOL by magic packets is enabled on that interface.
  
 
If the line is
 
If the line is
<code>Wake-on: d</code>
 
then WOL is disabled. Activate it by running <code>ethtool -s eth1 wol g</code>
 
  
If you don't find any line containing Wake-on at all, then your interface card doesn't support WOL, or the OS cannot detect it.
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        Wake-on: d
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then WOL is disabled. Activate it by running <code>ethtool -s eth0 wol g</code>
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If you don't find any line containing Wake-on at all, then your interface card doesn't support WOL, or the OS cannot detect it , or it's not enabled in the BIOS.
  
 
Check the ethtool man pages for a full explanation of the Wake-on options
 
Check the ethtool man pages for a full explanation of the Wake-on options

Latest revision as of 04:21, 22 October 2011

To enable Wake-On-Lan (WOL) on your HDA

1. Enable WOL in the BIOS

2. Boot Fedora. Open a terminal and execute su to get root access

3. Assuming your LAN interface is on eth0, run ethtool eth0

The output will look similar to this:

bash code
[root@localhost ~]# ethtool eth0 Settings for eth0: Supported ports: [ TP MII ] Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full 1000baseT/Half 1000baseT/Full Supports auto-negotiation: Yes Advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full 1000baseT/Half 1000baseT/Full Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes Speed: 1000Mb/s Duplex: Full Port: MII PHYAD: 0 Transceiver: internal Auto-negotiation: on Supports Wake-on: pumbg Wake-on: g Current message level: 0x00000033 (51) Link detected: yes ​


4. Look for a line similar to this:

       Wake-on: g

This means that WOL by magic packets is enabled on that interface.

If the line is

        Wake-on: d

then WOL is disabled. Activate it by running ethtool -s eth0 wol g

If you don't find any line containing Wake-on at all, then your interface card doesn't support WOL, or the OS cannot detect it , or it's not enabled in the BIOS.

Check the ethtool man pages for a full explanation of the Wake-on options

  • Note: Some legacy drivers forget the setting during boot. Run ethtool eth0 again if you suspect this is the case