[SOLVED] How to check host supports WakeOnLan?

littlebigman · 04-27-2019, 05:55 AM

Hello,

I have a MSI WindPC MS-7418 available currently running Debian 9, and would like to check whether it supports WakeOnLan so I can wake it up, and put it back to sleep remotely by just sending some trigger over the LAN (from a… Windows host, sorry).

I've never used WoL before: How can I check if that MSI host supports it, and how can I use it from a Windows host?

Thank you.

michaelk · 04-27-2019, 07:12 AM

There might be a BIOS setting to enable WOL. To check to see of the adapter supports WOL run the command as root

ethtool interface (replace with the name of your interface adapter)

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wake-on-LAN

There are many WOL applications for Windows. You can even download one from the Microsoft store. I've never played with WOL using Windows so can not recommend one. A WOL program just sends what is known as a magic packet to a device using its MAC.

littlebigman · 04-28-2019, 05:46 AM

Thanks for the infos.

I just figured that WoL only works to… wake a computer up (what's in a name), but I really was looking for a way to put a Debian computer back to sleep remotely withouth having to log on throuth SSH and run a command such as "/usr/sbin/rtcwake -m standby -u -t 10"

I'll read up on how to automate sending a command through SSH.