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How can I make a wireless wol with Intel PRO/Wireless 5100 AGN from a hp laptop ?

Jorge Castro
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roy429
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  • maybe you wanna look up http://johnlewis.ie/wake-on-lan-over-wireless/ – ashutosh Jul 27 '12 at 19:00
  • This one offers to wake up a machine just by ping ??? I don't understand how that would work, and it doesn't sound safe to me. – roy429 Jul 27 '12 at 19:24

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Actually the other answer is quite old and not up to date.

Please use the iw tool.

To check whether it's supported: iw phy0 info

Check the status: iw phy0 wowlan show.

Activate several options: sudo iw phy0 wowlan enable magic-packet disconnect.

The kernel wiki has some information as well. If wake on wlan does not work from suspend mode try freeze mode: Close all applications, then sync && echo freeze | sudo tee /sys/power/state. This is not as low power, but less than a running system and nice to test whether the magic packets at get there and the driver interprets them.

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Try this:

http://johnlewis.ie/wake-on-lan-over-wireless/

Also, check if Your wireless card support WakeOnLan, and You must have kernel version >= 3.1

zuberuber
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  • How would I know if it is supported ? I gave you its reference. – roy429 Jul 27 '12 at 19:00
  • to check if your chip is supported go to bios and search for wake on lan options. – zuberuber Jul 27 '12 at 19:06
  • There is a boot option, and there is a drop down box with 3 options, disabled, network boot or boot order. I have it set to network boot. ethool eth0 shows pg as wol. Why would the kernel version matter if the OS is not even loaded ?? – roy429 Jul 27 '12 at 19:19
  • I'm almost sure that it won't be in boot options. And as of why kernel >= 3.1 http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=OTgwMg – zuberuber Jul 27 '12 at 19:25
  • Moreover this site seems to say that magic pacckets for wireless lans don't exist, this one seems to say differently: http://revolutionwifi.blogspot.fr/2010/11/wake-on-wireless-lan.html From what I understood, the link you mentionned offers to wake up by ping. How would that work, and isn't it a security concern ? – roy429 Jul 27 '12 at 19:28
  • WoWL its like WoL, You must ping PC with magic packet. And Why would it be security concern if You can only WoWL and WoL only in local network. – zuberuber Jul 27 '12 at 19:34
  • Ok. So what is it that you want me to do exactly? If I try what the link says, the output is sudo ethtool -s eth0 wol u--> Cannot set new wake-on-lan settings: Operation not supported (not setting wol) – roy429 Jul 27 '12 at 19:57
  • @roy429, Are you sure your hardware supports it? zuberuber, please summmarize the content of the link in the answer. It's a StackExchange policy to avoid link rot, thank you. – Oxwivi Sep 18 '14 at 05:15