Setting Up Wake On Lan

Scenario:

Work LAN.
Target PC is running Win XP
My PC is running KUBUNTU

Target MOBO = P5L-VM 1394

Changed BIOS to allow WOL (PCI and PCIE enabled in APM)

Open Device Manager in Target, Find Network card. Change Wake settings to magic packet and enabled.

I install etherwake

sudo apt-get install etherwake

I have the MAC address of the Target xx:xx:xx:xx:xx which I got by scanning the lan with nmap.

TEST

shutdown target (I was in a remote session so I opened cmd and typed

shutdown -s

from Terminal

wakeonlan xx:xx:xx:xx:xx

BAZINGA! It works.

Wake on lan allows you “always access” without the power consumption of “always on”.


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