Wake on lan not working..

[chili666]

Hey there,

I got my squeezebox today and tried to set itp...
On thewhole it works fine - just WOL is not working. I ave a small server running WinXP and slimserver 6.5. The server goes to sleep (S3) after 10 minutes and I can wake it from any other machine on the nerwork...

Only the sqeezebox does not wake the server...

I don´t quite understand why - m I missing anything I have to confiure or any other advice?

Thanks

chili

[peterw]

What does your network look like? The Squeezebox will use the MAC it sees for the SlimServer host, so things like bridges and masquerading routers can mess up WOL.

Can you use packet-sniffing software on your network to examine traffic from the SB, to verify it's sending a WOL packet, and check see what MAC address it's trying to wake up?

[vrobin]

could your squeezebox be sending WOL packet to a router MAC address? (with nat of wireless machines) This is a common bug... otherwise, tcpdump (ethereal, wireshark, airsniff, etc.) is your best friend .

[Anoop M.]

Just pointing out the obvious but I cannot tell weather you have covered this or not. WOL does not work if you are connected Wirelessly. Make sure you are hardwired.

[Club1820]

WOL does not work if you are connected Wirelessly. Make sure you are hardwired.

Well that answered my issue in a nutshell!

[bernt]

Just pointing out the obvious but I cannot tell weather you have covered this or not. WOL does not work if you are connected Wirelessly. Make sure you are hardwired.

Do you mean if the server is wireless?

I have a wireless connected SB3 and it wake up my (wonderful, the best, you just have to love it, thanks Michael) SlimNAS every time.

I tried WOL on XP but it just goes to sleep again after the SB had waked it.

[chili666]

Do you mean if the server is wireless?

I have a wireless connected SB3 and it wake up my (wonderful, the best, you just have to love it, thanks Michael) SlimNAS every time.

I tried WOL on XP but it just goes to sleep again after the SB had waked it.

My question exactly... My network is setup like this:

Squeezebox wireless to router
Router wireless to wifi-bridge
wifi-bridge wired via switch to server

So, the server itself does not have wifi...

I am using the same network for my HTPC and my Xbox360 as an extender and it works flawlessly...

It is not that XP is going back to sleep. It doesn´t even wake...

I´ll try packet-sniffing tonight...

Chili

[vrobin]

I don't know precisely about your setup, but the facts are:
- WOL works on wifi as long as the hardware you want to wake up is ethernet (very few wifi hardware support receiving WOL)
- WOL from SB can fail there is some sort of router/gateway between your SB and the device you're trying to wake (but not always)

The problem is that the SB must send a WOL packet with the MAC Address of the device you want to wake up. Sometimes, with routers, the SB don't know the MAC Address of the device to wake up, but the MAC Address of the router.

http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4664

It may be your problem...

[Mark Lanctot]

What does your network look like? The Squeezebox will use the MAC it sees for the SlimServer host, so things like bridges and masquerading routers can mess up WOL.

My network is setup like this:

Squeezebox wireless to router
Router wireless to wifi-bridge
wifi-bridge wired via switch to server

Probably the bridge.

[Club1820]

the facts are:
- WOL works on wifi as long as the hardware you want to wake up is ethernet (very few wifi hardware support receiving WOL)
- WOL from SB can fail there is some sort of router/gateway between your SB and the device you're trying to wake (but not always)

The problem is that the SB must send a WOL packet with the MAC Address of the device you want to wake up. Sometimes, with routers, the SB don't know the MAC Address of the device to wake up, but the MAC Address of the router.

My Setup:

Server on Vista Wired to Router
SB3 wireless to router

When I first set this up I tried to use WOL but it didnt work so I just gave up. How can I trouble shoot this (now that I have more time)? By using wireshark?

Also, does anyone know if connecting remotely to the server wakes up the pc? By using Remote Desktop from work.

Thanks!