EPIA CN Series Wake On Lan (WOL) Problems

fraz73 · #1 (**permalink**) 25-07-08, 11:06 AM

I have just setup a new EPIA CN13000 based machine, it has BIOS version 1.14 and is running Fedora. I cannot get it to wake on lan, other machines on the same switch can wake on lan and I have tried various wol utilities. I have tried various BIOS settings, but there is no specific WOL setting to enable.

Can anyone help?

fraz73 · #2 (**permalink**) 25-07-08, 05:28 PM

This one was a bit of a nightmare, it turns out that the OS (Fedora/Linux) puts the NIC into a mode whereby it can't WOL. To get round this you need to:
su -
ethtool eth0
Look in the output of the above command for 'Wake-on: d' d=disabled
Edit the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
Insert the line 'ETHTOOL_OPTS="wol g"'

It works fine now...