Wake on LAN - It just dont do it?

[LaughingJon]

hey peeps,

I have an Abit IC7-G mobo and I am desperately trying to get it to turn on from a LAN packet, but I seem to be running into great difficulty doing so. I am using the onboard network card (Intel gigabit one) and am trying to wake it up remotely from a windoze 2003 server running an Intel 100pro card.

I have downloaded multiple tools that send the “Magic Packe” to a specified mac address but I am still having no luck whatsoever.
I have enabled wake on lan in the bios, and have tried fiddling with the settings within windows XP as well, when the machine is turned off the lights are still active on the nic itself.

If anyone can shed any words of wisdom for me or show me the settings I Should have in XP then I would be very grateful.

Cheers
Jon

[SkyDog]

Go into Device Manager and look at the properties for the network card. On the Power Management tab, make sure that the box labeled something like "allow this device to bring the computer out of standby" is checked.

Once you've enabled the power management option in software and Wake-on-LAN in BIOS (if there's a setting there), you should be able to use your "magic packet" software to wake the machine.

[LaughingJon]

Hi there,

cheers for the reply, i hadn't set that within device manager so that was one thing i was missing, however, it still refuses to boot after i sent the packet.. Should i be looking for different software to send this packet? Are there differences with Intel and AMD "Magic Packets"? Should i be looking for an intel tool to send it instead of random ones i find on the net?

I just dont understand why this is so difficult lol.

Cheers
Jon

[SkyDog]

It shouldn't matter if you're using AMD software or someone else's to send the "magic packet". In the few instances I've needed Wake-on-LAN software, I've had really good luck using the command line version of Depicus Wake-on-LAN:
http://www.depicus.com/wake-on-lan/

[LaughingJon]

cool cheers for that link, i did some more searching earlier and found that site also, will give it a go tonight when i get back from work... fingers x'ed i will get it working lol.

Thanks again
Jon

[SkyDog]

Sometimes addressing the WOL packet to the correct machine can be a little tricky if you're a novice to TCP/IP. So if it doesn't work when you first try it, you may want to experiment sending the WOL packet as a broadcast if your two computers are on the same IP subnet. That way, if the broadcast works, you know it's an addressing issue and not a WOL functionality issue. There's a broadcast example on Depicus' web site for the command line version of their software:
http://www.depicus.com/wake-on-lan/wake-on-lan-cmd.asp

[LaughingJon]

hummmm it still isn't working.. i will keep fiddling with stuff in windoze.. 1 question tho, i see it states on that site that the lights on the switch should be on.. well with mine the lights on the back of the net card are on, but the switch lights go off when i shut down.. could this be the cause of my probs?

Cheers
Jon