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When I send WoL packets over my network the specified boxes tend to wake up the first time I send the packet each day, but if I turn the box off then subsequent WoL packets tend to be unsuccessful. Is Wake on LAN designed to have a "cool-off" period or something? Or is there another reason for this?
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Rick, I suspect it's to do with the sleep state: you know, S1, S2, S3, S4, S5. Maybe your computer is in S3 at the beginning of the day but then you turn it off to S5? I think some computers can wake from S5 but others cannot. | |||
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That is because the software you are using is not sending a "subnet directed broadcast" When your computer is shut down it's ip address will remain in the arp cache for a while but will be removed at some stage. Try different software that you know will work with subnet directed broadcasts. | |||||||||
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