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Wake On LAN (WOL) is a facility for powering on a computer by sending a specially-crafted packet to one of its network cards.

Wake-on-LAN (WOL) is an Ethernet computer networking standard that allows a computer to be turned on or woken up by a network message.

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Wake-on-LAN quit working with latest kernel (Bionic)

WOL was working great on Bionic until yesterday's kernel update. How to diagnose/recover it? Edit: if set to boot from 4.15.0-23 kernel it works. If set to boot from 4.15.0-24 it does not. Edit2: WoL can be enabled with sudo ethtool -s [card] wol…
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Wake-on-LAN worked 3 times then no more

Update: My main theories for now are (see below for details): Ubuntu system shuts down NIC power in standby mode? Realtek RTL8111 driver for 64-bit machines does not work? Can anyone confirm or deny? I installed Ubuntu 12.04 a few days ago and…
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Wake on Lan doesn't work on Asrock Q1900DC-itx

I have an Asrock Q1900DC-itx and the WOL doesn't work. When I run ethtool I get this output: Supports Wake-on: pumbg Which should mean that the WOL is activated and working. I activated it in UEFI/BIOS but it still doesn't work. I'm running Ubuntu…
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How to enable WOL on Ubuntu 16.10?

I've set up the BIOS on my MSI z170 motherboard with EUP2013 disabled Resume from PCIE But I still can't make the WOL in my Ubuntu 16.10 work. When I use ethtool to check my NIC, I got the following output without wake-on options: $sudo ethtool…
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Ubuntu 14.04 & 16.04 Wake on lan doesn't work while 12.04 works

I had 12.04. Recently I upgraded it to 14.04. Before upgrade I made a full hdd copy to very same hdd model(both bought at the same time). In 12.04 wake on lan works if I do sudo pm-hibernate or if I in UI from desktop select "Shutdown". I upgraded…
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Wake on Lan configure port

I was just wondering if there was a way to change the port that WakeOnLan is configured on (default port 9)? I'm using 64bit Ubuntu 13.04. I figured worst case I can route it using iptables from a different port to port 9, but if I can configure the…
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WOL stops working after booting Ubuntu

After preparing my P5K Motherboard to recieve WOL Magic Packets, following this tutorial, I shutdown and booted several times to Windows. The problem happens when I shutdown from Ubuntu. It simply won't boot. The output of ethtool eth0 and part of…
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Wake on LAN working in Windows, but not in Ubuntu 16.04

I have a 16.04 server running and have set up Wake On Lan through {ethtool - s wol g} and {auto iface inet dhcp up ethtool -s wol g} in /etc/network/interfaces. I use rtcwake -m mem to test, but cannot get the server to…
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Dry run for analyzing wake-on-lan problems

Note I had wake-on-lan working on an older kernel but after an upgrade, it now fails to wake up the machine. I read in a forum to open a terminal and enter journalctl -f on the machine to wake up and enter wakeonlan on a different…
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Wake windows pc from Ubuntu server 16.04.3 LTS not working using wakeonlan utility

I have a strage issue with wakeonlan ubuntu utility. When I shutdown windows station and immediately try to wake it up using wakeonlan from ubuntu, it works, but after a while, issuing the same command (wakeonlan -i 192.168.8.4 D4:3D:7E:95:C1:79) it…
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How to send magic package to windows xp

Hi Is there a program which can send magic package to wake on lan Windows XP computer ? Or can it be done thru command line.
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How to use Wake-on-LAN if system is in shutdown mode with connected LAN

I've tried to the configuration i.e., Wake-on-LAN for sleep, but this option is failed for S5 (ACPI soft-off). Can anyone suggest? how to enable Wake-on-LAN so system can boot from S5.
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Wake On LAN only works when shutting down as root

When running systemctl poweroff WOL does not work. Same for systemctl suspend, systemctl hibernate, etc. Running sudo systemctl poweroff etc. results in WOL working properly. Also after stopping the machine without sudo Wake-on is set to d instead…
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Wake on Lan: Router Problem

I'm trying to get wake on lan to work. Everything is configured as needed and it works if I switch of my computer and wake it within a few minutes. As far as I understand the problem it is a router issue, the router seems to forget the mac address…
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Issues with Wake on LAN using Ubuntu 18.04

I have two machines, both running Ubuntu 18.04. My objective to to have WOL working on both machines. On one machine (PC1) I have WOL working perfectly, however I cannot get WOL working on the other machine (PC2). My Set up (on both PCs) is: I have…
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