Wake On LAN

The Wake On LAN feature allows machines to be turned on remotely. It is available, if the MAC address of the machine to be turned on or woken up is known (in case of an error, the relevant message is displayed). Apart from this, the machine must be preconfigured (as described below) and, if the machine will be woken up from outside of LAN, port redirection must be set up in the router.

Configuration of the device to be woken up

The settings depend on a specific device. Examples of requirements and settings:

1.To enable Wake On LAN feature, an ATX power adapter, at least 1A, +5Vsb is necessary.

2.BIOS settings:
in Power (Management) or Advanced tab, enable Wake On LAN – the option can have different names, e.g. Wake On LAN, MAC Resume From S3/S4, MACPME Power Up Control, Power On By Onboard LAN, Power Up By Onboard LAN, Resume by LAN, Resume By WOL, Resume on LAN, Resume on LAN/PME#, Wake on LAN from S5, Wake Up On LAN, WakeUp by Onboard LAN or WOL (PME#) From Soft-Off.

3.Network adapter settings:

a.Navigate to the network adapter settings in Windows / Control Panel / Device Manager.

b.Set the options in the Energy Management tab to enable the waking up of the machine (option names depend on the network adapter, e.g. “Allow the device to wake the machine from sleep mode”).

c.Enable waking and Wake On LAN in the Advanced tab – option names can differ depending on the network adapter. Examples of settings are presented below:

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Waking up of the device

To wake up the monitored device, perform one of the following steps:

1.In the map or device view in the main nVision window, right click the device and select Wake On LAN.

2.In the device info window, General tab, right click the interface where the packet should be sent to, and select Wake On LAN.

Wake On LAN as action

To define Wake On LAN as action:

1.Select Manage actions from the Tools and options tab on the ribbon.

2.In the Action Definition Wizard window, enter the action name and select the Send Wake On LAN packet type.

3.If you want to use the address of the host where the action is being defined, mark Use host address field and go to item 5. Otherwise, it is necessary to define the host (item 4).

4.Specify the MAC address of the device and one of the following target addresses for the Wake On LAN packet:

a.broadcast address: 255.255.255.255 (if the device is within the same LAN),

b.broadcast address of the subnet (if the device is in another LAN – e.g. 192.168.0.255 for subnet 192.168.0.1 with mask 255.255.255.0),

c.IP address of the router configured for packet redirection (if the device is located outside of LAN).

5.It is not necessary to specify SecureOn password; however, some network adapters may require it. The password format is six bytes in hexadecimal notation: AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF.