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2006-01-07, 08:54
trying to use the wol script i have added all mac addresses of the pcs i wish to activate via xbmc wol script, all nics are wol capable and has been confirmed by seeing it on my switch when all machines are off. all pcs in question have wol activated in the cmos settings on the motherboards. even using an xover cable directly doesnt work.
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Asteron
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can you send a wol from pcs to eachother? some older motherboards require a special cable going from the nic to the machine for it to work. i would make sure that this signal works before trying it on the xbox.
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ill try that thankyou for the insight. when you say special cable do you mean a crossover?
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@asteron:
my network card on my pc is onboard, thus there is no wol cable from the netword card to the motherboard.
the wol script is also not functioning for me. i have enabled wol in my computers bios. i have entered the correct mac-adress in the script. but i cannot wakup my pc from the xbox.
is the script working for anybody? can somebody confirm this script works in general?
any hints or tips?
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Nuka1195
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do you have a link light even with power off? you should for wol to work.
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2006-01-13, 08:47
i will certainly try your idea. i have to say though that even if i use a crossover from the xbox directly to the pc (removing the router and switch) it still doesnt work. anyone else have any ideas. i mean i have a seperate room thats my pc lab its not difficult to just turn them on but it would be cool to get this to work.
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and yes nuka1195 i have all link lights on my switch when the power is off to the pcs in question.
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hi
usually the pc has to be shutdown in a state that allows it to listen for wake-on-lan packets. this means that in windows (2000 and xp) you need to tell the driver to do this. if you have let windows use it's driver (a microsoft provided one) when you installed the pc/network card, then you probably won't have this option. i had to install the ones from the 3com site. this will allow you to go to (roughly) control panel - computer management - device manager - network adapters - properties. on the 3com drivers i have under the advanced tab "rwu magic packet", this needed to be set to enable (plus a reboot) for wol to work. you may have something similar under your network drivers.
under linux, i believe a tool called ethtool can set this up, but i've never got it to work with my network cards.
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2006-01-18, 07:43
ahhh coolt he info ive been looking for, ill try it and let you all know what ive found
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the pc should show up on the router if it has wol even if it is off. even when off the nic is somewhat powered to listen for the packet. i dont actually have experience with wol but am just saying how i understand it to work.