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Fixing Wake On LAN
Does your Wake On LAN (WoL) work? If not try these steps to solve your problem.
Greetings,
In the past I had the issue that my Wake On LAN was not functioning. Windows more or less disabled the ehternet adapter on shutdown.
BIOS Settings (done on ASUS UEFI in my case):
Set Advanced\APM Configuration\ErP Ready = DISABLED
Set Advanced\APM Configuration\Power on by PCI-E = ENABLED
Windows Settings you need to change:
Run a CMD as Admin and execute the following registry commandlet:
REG ADD "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Power" /V HiberbootEnabled /T REG_dWORD /D 0 /F
Open the "Network & Sharing Center" and set the following settings:
Power Settings:
Set Enable PME = ENABLED
Set Energy Efficient Ethernet = DISABLED
Wake on Magic Packet = ENABLED
Wake on Pattern Match = ENABLED
After that reboot the system. When done shutdown the system. WoL should work now.
Regards,
Aebian