Wake On Lan?

Summary:

Has anyone figured out how to get MyBook to awaken once it receives a 'magic packet'?

Wake On Lan?

alex_nc 14 Sep 2007 16:15

Has anyone been able to active the WOL capability on their WD? Typically on Linux, "/sbin/ethtool -s eth0 wol g" in the startup script will activate this feature, so when you shutdown … you can then broadcast a 'magic packet' and the WD should wakeup. I guess the part 2 question, is how to shut it down automatically (after some period of non-activity). And how to surface thru web interface (or do you need to do this thru SSH)?

Re: Wake On Lan?

muha 11 Sep 2008 19:48

It seems like it should be working, but I cannot get it to work.

[root@MyBookWorld ~]#  /usr/sbin/ethtool eth0
Settings for eth0:
    Supported ports: [ TP ]
    Supported link modes:   10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 
                            100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full 
                            1000baseT/Half 1000baseT/Full 
    Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
    Advertised link modes:  Not reported
    Advertised auto-negotiation: No
    Speed: 100Mb/s
    Duplex: Full
    Port: Twisted Pair
    PHYAD: 0
    Transceiver: internal
    Auto-negotiation: on
    Supports Wake-on: puag
    Wake-on: g
    Current message level: 0x00000002 (2)
    Link detected: yes

Apparently wakeonlan (wol) is enabled on this mybook machine:
Wake-on: g

On my other machine I try:

$ sudo wakeonlan -i 192.168.1.2 00:90:D3:5F:23:AB; echo $?
Sending magic packet to 192.168.1.2:9 with 00:90:D3:5F:23:AB
0

But no luck.
Does anyone have suggestions how to get this working?

Re: Wake On Lan?

Cassiel 12 Sep 2008 08:37

Maybe WOL needs kernel support? I guess MyBook's doesn't support it. But maybe it's just a kernel configuration option that's not set? Any kernel experts out there?

Re: Wake On Lan?

Marcelve 06 Jan 2009 09:23

Hi guys,

The proud owner of a mybook too.
Bought 500 gb second hand. The thing was already hacked on firmware 01.01.08. I'm totally new to linux and such, so reading things on bricking etc doesn't make me relaxed.

Anyway,

Would this topic:

http://www.tjansson.dk/?p=83

solve the wol thing?

Re: Wake On Lan?

BaCkFiRe 13 Jan 2009 15:14

So does anyone manage to make it works with firmware v.2.x ? It's really one feature that I miss :(

Re: Wake On Lan?

BaCkFiRe 16 Oct 2009 13:27

Up !

Re: Wake On Lan?

MDanihy 23 Jun 2009 13:01

I too would like to know if this is possible. I use the drive primarily for Symantec System Restore and would like the drive to turn on 30 minutes before backup. I already have a script to shut it down after the backup, I would just like to automate the process of turning it on.
Thanks…

Re: Wake On Lan?

alllexx 23 Jun 2009 17:47

You normally use BIOS settings to enable WOL support, unless it's enabled by default, and no BIOS for mbwe, so can't see any way to enable it here.

UPD: it gives "Wake-on: g" o_O?.. Strange, I don't recall anything of the kind, but my drive is bricked right now, so who knows… Well, will see what can be done when I get a chance to investigate, then :)

Last edited on 23 Jun 2009 17:51 by alllexx Show more

Re: Wake On Lan?

benjaminlaurent 03 Sep 2010 16:01

Is there a way to install wakeonlan or similar package on the MYBOOK (blueu ring) to wake-on an other PC (my second one is running under gentoo) ?
I found "wakelan" with ipkg.
Does it work with the WD MYBOOK ?

Last edited on 03 Sep 2010 16:10 by benjaminlaurent Show more

Re: Wake On Lan?

Timm1024 16 Apr 2013 14:17

Hi,

I know this is an old post, but it's the only one close to what I need.

I second what benjamin said above. Is it possible to Wake-on-LAN while logged in via SSH a computer in the network where the My Book Live Duo (in my case) is located?

Thanks