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Wake on LAN prevents sleep mode in Windows 7

The Wake on LAN (WOL) feature of my Intel 82579V Gigabit LAN adapter is working great in case my Windows 7 PC is powered off.

But because my network card is able to wake my PC I can’t use the sleep mode. All traffic directed to my IP wakes the PC.

Any ideas on how to fix this?

How does WOL (Wake-On LAN) work?

This has always been a mystery to me and with all the snow we're getting I'd like to work from home but the boss man wants us to turn our computers off a night to save energy. Figured I'd like to try Wake-On LAN, but not sure where to start.

Linux - How to get the reason for wakeup?

Is it possible to get the reason of system wake-up (Wake-on-LAN, Power button, wake from USB) on Linux? I'm using Ubuntu, kernel Linux homeless 2.6.37-12-generic #26~lucid1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jan 5 21:52:06 UTC 2011 i686 GNU/Linux

Switch on the computer automatically

Is there any way to switch on the computer automatically at a specific time. Is there any BIOS clock trigger mechanisms available to switch on automatically.

EDIT: I have a Dell Inspiron laptop. Does Wake-On-Lan work with wi-fi :-)?

What does `Wake on Pattern Match` option mean in network card preferences?

I know Wake-on-LAN standard, but I don't understand the use case for Wake on Pattern Match option in the network card preferences. What are the advantages of it?

Does it matter what UDP port a WOL signal is sent to?

i have seen many WOL instances use port 7 and many use port 9, does it matter? Isn't it just looking for a WOL packet at layer 2 or ethernet?

Looking for recommendation on a Wake on Wireless LAN compatible PCI/PCI-E Adapter for Windows 7

I have a desktop workstation that uses Wake on LAN (WoL) functionality. Is there a working wireless adapter solution that someone has set up that would provide the same functionality?

i.e. When the desktop is sleeping, a network packet should be able to wake the computer through the wireless LAN.

Does the Raspberry PI support WOL (Wake-on-LAN)?

I've been contemplating running a Raspberry PI as a carputer. One thing I'm really interested in is whether I could get it to Wake-On-Lan.

My thinking is that I'd like to wake the device up before I start the car so that it can sync up to various feeds, download spotify tunes etc. from the wifi connection from my house so it's ready to rock while it's on the move.

Mac Mini Wake on Lan

My Mac Mini has a setting in the Energy Saver category called Wake for Ethernet network access.

Now the way I read this option is that any network access to the Mac whilst it is asleep will wake it up, but it doesn't.

I have read that I have to send it the magic packet to wake it up, but what I really want to do is be able to simply attempt to access the Mini over the network and it wake up on demand without sending a magic packet.

Can this be done? If it helps I am using a Netgear router.

Wake on Lan doesn't work in Windows 8

I have a dual boot system with Windows 7 and Windows 8.

After I shutdown in Windows 7, wake-on-lan works perfect but if I shutdown in Windows 8, it doesn't work. Even if I sleep or hibernate in Windows 8, wake-on-lan works.

Can anyone tell me why is this happening?

Checking if a computer on local network is a sleep or not without waking it

I would like to check if a computer on a local machine is in a sleep or awake, but without waking it on LAN. If I ping the machine then machine automatically wakes up. I don't want that. I just need to check the status of a computer.

All machines are Mac's running Mac OS X Lion.

Wake MacBook on Wi-Fi without AirPort Extreme

I know that Snow Leopard brought us the option to magically wake our computers from far away if you had an AirPort Extreme base station, but has anyone found a way to do this with a standard or ISP provided router? What about using a bridge device to hook the MacBook up to Ethernet but from another room?

RDP wake-on-lan in LAN environment

How do you configure RDP to be able to wake-on-lan client computers?

Basically, I want to be able to wake-on-lan 1 or more computers at a time in our LAN environment.

Wake-on-LAN WITHIN network, is this possible without router tweaking?

I did a bit of searching around, and it's possible that I didn't understand what I was reading, but I didn't see anything all that relevant.

At work, we've just been asked to shut down our desktops each evening to save power. This is all very well, but I use my machine remotely fairly often and would like to be able to access it when I need it.

To this end, I've been attempting to understand Wake-On-LAN, which seems like it would allow me to wake up the machine, make my changes, then shut it down again or something.

However, most of the information I'm finding on the web expects the user to be trying to access the machine from the Internet, and hence requires port forwarding on the router. But I (hopefully) don't need that: we have a VPN, and I can remote to one of our servers from outside, so I can be "within" the network. I was hoping to not have to tweak the router's configuration.

What I was hoping was to be able to send the magic packet from one of the servers directly to my desktop so it boots, and then once it's up I can jump out and access my machine as a separate task. Is there a program where, if you give it a machine's MAC address, it will send that machine a magic packet within the network, so that it boots up? Ideally with a minimum of configuration?

Basically, I'd like to tell the guys in the office, "Hey, if you really need your desktop and it's currently off, enter your MAC address here and your computer should boot up."

Is this possible? Does it exist? Am I missing something fundamental about the entire protocol?

How reliable is Wake on Lan (if configured correctly)?

Or: Why don't my PCs wake up every time I send the Magic Packet?

I do have 2 PCs with similar hardware settings, similar software (OS is Windows 7 x64 Professional) and both connected to the same network. I use some random WoL-Tool (http://www.gammadyne.com/cmdline.htm, sending the Magic Packet to the MAC address) to start the PCs up, whenever I need them.

What I experienced is the following: About 95% (or even higher) of the time, Wake On Lan is working just great on both of the PCs. But sometimes one or the other (never head both so far) does not wake up, after the package has been sent. It so, even re sending the packet multiple times (even after some hours or days) does not help. If I start up and shutdown the affected PC manually, it will wake on lan without problems.

I already

• did check the BIOS settings for the LAN adapter (WoL is enabled)
• did check Advanced Device Settings ("Wake from Shutdown" is on)
• did check the Device Power Settings ("Allow this device to wake the computer" is checked)

Is this a know problem that Wake On Lan is not 100% reliable? Any further things I might want to check?

Update: Fixed wording.

Update: Some points that were mentioned:

• Both PCs are set to automatically start up after a power loss.
• Both PCs are on a power supply that is not switched off.
• Both PCs are directly connected to the same router.

Update I managed to "provoke" one PC to not start on WoL by just Waking them and shutting them both down repeatedly. The LEDs on the LAN adapters on both PCs are blinking (about 1 green blink per second). I tried unplugging and replugging the wire at that PC, but it didn't help.