Wake on Lan on A8N-SLI Deluxe?

[volrath]

I am trying to turn on multiple computers with A8N-SLI Deluxe motherboards from the network. I have enabled wake on PCI device and wake on modem in the bios. I have network cables connected to both the Marvell and Nvidia ethernet controllers to a gigabit switch. When the computers are off, the Marvell adapter gets no link (I think at one point it was showing a 10/100 link?). The Nvidia adapter gets a gigabit link. When I send the WOL packet to 255.255.255.255 I see it arrive at all computers on the switch. However, nothing turns on. It also gets to its destination with 192.168.1.255. I have tried port 7, 9, 2304, etc, and nothing works. I am using basically every mac address seen on the network. Nothing gets these computers on.

Anyone have success in using Wake On Lan with these mobos?

Is this post more suited for Networking forum?

 

[volrath]

help?

 

[TixeHalda]

Hello,

Enable Power on by PCI Devices under > Power > APM configurations.
Works on my A8N-SLI , This board only has the nVidia LAN.
Might check under device manager > network controller if the Wake on LAn from power off is turned on.

 

[volrath]

Originally posted by: TixeHalda
Hello,

Enable Power on by PCI Devices under > Power > APM configurations.
Works on my A8N-SLI , This board only has the nVidia LAN.
Might check under device manager > network controller if the Wake on LAn from power off is turned on.

Originally posted by: volrath
I have enabled wake on PCI device and wake on modem in the bios.

OS is FC4, shouldn't have anything to do with turning the computer on from being off. You are able to turn the computer on from a complete off state, correct? What software do you use to send out the magic packet?

 

[volrath]

I should add I couldn't get it to work on a shuttle AK32V, either.

 

[volrath]

Doesn't even work with a lan cable directly from one computer to the other. I sent the packet and see the activity light on the NIC flash, but it still doesn't turn on. At one point it turned on when I plugged in a lan cable, but I can't get it to do that again so I have to assume I somehow hit the power button on accident. =P

Help?

 

[volrath]

So you actually have to set it up in the OS. Didn't know that.

ethtool -s eth1 wol b