Wake on Lan (WOL)

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Wake on LAN

WOL WITH STREAM DECK

With the Stream Deck Wake on LAN plugin you can wake up and start your switched off devices (NAS, Computer, Server, Printer, ...) via Network Broadcast Message (Magic Packet).

You can save a lot of energy with the app, since you only switch on the devices via LAN when you really need them.

In order to be able to use Wake on LAN (WOL), the motherboard, network card and BIOS must support APM (Advanced Power Management) or Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) the WOL standard.

The network card waits for a so-called magic packet (AMD's trademark), upon receipt of which the computer is switched on.


INDEX
  1. DOWNLOAD Where can I download the Stream Deck Plugin?
  2. PLUGIN How does the Stream Deck Plugin works?
  3. WAKE-ON-LAN What is Wake on LAN (WOL)?
  4. WOL.EXE How does the CLI WOL.EXE work?
  5. WOL ACTIVATE Where and how can WOL be activated?
  6. NAS Practical example power on the NAS
  7. MAC/IP Where can i get the MAC/IP address from?
  8. RELEASE NOTES Version History
  9. LICENSE End User License Agreement

Where can I download the Stream Deck Plugin?

Stream Deck Open your Stream Deck Software and go to the Stream Deck Store Stream Deck Store Icon

In Market Place Search for

Productivity
Wake on LAN (WOL)


Alternative Download native CLI WOL.exe for Windows (Stand Alone Portable)

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How does the Stream Deck Plugin works?

The plugin passes the parameters to the integrated WOL.exe, which carries out the Wake on LAN process independently of the Stream Deck.

Independent of the WOL Command Line Process, the plugin itself checks via ping to the IP address when starting the Stream Deck and when pressing the button whether the device can be reached. Depending on availability, the icon status is changed.

This pre check is only performed if the IP address is specified and also only 100 attempts.

Stream Deck WOL Plugin Status

What is Wake on LAN (WOL)?

Wake-on-LAN (WoL or WOL) is an Ethernet or Token Ring computer networking standard that allows a computer to be turned on or awakened by a network message (magic packet).

The message is usually sent to the target computer by a program executed on a device connected to the same local area network. It is also possible to initiate the message from another network by using subnet directed broadcasts or a WoL gateway service.

The magic packet is a frame that is most often sent as a broadcast and that contains anywhere within its payload 6 bytes of all 255 (FF FF FF FF FF FF in hexadecimal), followed by sixteen repetitions of the target computer's 48-bit MAC address, for a total of 102 bytes.

FOR EXAMPLE

  • NAS Network Attached Storage Wake-Up Call from Standby/powerOFF via Wake on LAN WOL Magic Packet
  • Computer/Server Wake-Up Call from Standby/powerOFF via Wake on LAN WOL Magic Packet
  • Printer Wake-Up Call from Standby/powerOFF via Wake on LAN WOL Magic Packet
  • Smart TV Wake-Up Call from Standby/powerOFF via Wake on LAN WOL Magic Packet

More Information Wikipedia Wake-on-LAN

How does the CLI WOL.EXE work?

In the Stream Deck Plugin these parameters are controlled via the interface.

The wol.exe is a CLI command line based application. The wake-up process can be monitored with various parameters and controlled with additional events.

Important File paths must always be in quotation marks

PARAMETER
/? show help -minimized console window starts minimized -mac MAC address required field -port optional port default:2304 -ip IPv4 optional ping loop -sound wake up sound mp3 file for successfull ping sound -autoclose close console window after successfull ping -execute execute file after after successfull ping -exepara optional execute parameter -exewait optional wait time before execute milliseconds (2000 = 2sec)
EXAMPLE CALL
wol.exe -mac 01:02:03:04:05:06 -ip 127.0.0.1 -sound default -execute "explorer.exe" -exepara "c:\temp\\" -exewait 5000

Where and how can WOL be activated?

Depending on the device, the WOL mode must be switched on differently

Windows Device Manager > Network Adapters Properties > Power Management

  • Shutdown Wake On Lan = enabled
  • Wake on Magic Packet = enabled
  • Wake on pattern match = enabled
  • WakeUp on ARP/PING = enabled
  • Wake on Magic Packet from power off state = enabled
  • Wake Up Capabilities = Magic Packet
  • Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power = checked
  • Allow this device to wake the computer = checked
  • Only allow a magic packet to wake the computer = checked
  • Only allow management stations to bring this computer out of standby = checked
  • Green ethernet = disabled

Motherboard/Mainboard BIOS

  • Wakeup on Lan = enabled
  • S5 Wake on Lan = enabled (HP)
  • Wake on Lan from S5 = enabled (AMI)
  • Resume by PCI-E device = enabled
  • Power on by PCI-E/PCI = enabled
  • Remote Wake Up = enabled
  • WOL(PME#) From Soft Off = enabled (Biostar)
  • Resume By PCI/PCI-E/Lan PME = enabled (ECS)
  • EuP 2013 = disabled

Practical example power on the NAS

Practical example: Your NAS is switched off and is switched on via WOL

  • With the WOL app you can wake up and boot your NAS via the MAC address
  • You also enter your IP address of your NAS via the IP parameter, the WOL App then pings the NAS until it can be reached
  • As soon as the NAS has started up
  • You can use the execute parameter to automatically call up explorer and a directory on your NAS, for example

Where can i get the MAC/IP address from?

With one of the two Free IP Scan Sniffers you can search your Network for all Devices

your MAC Address
  • open Windows CMD/Command Line write: ipconfig /all

Version History

1.0.0
- Initial Release

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