iMac Wake on Lan (WOL)

[bluestarCVO]

Anyone had any luck getting wake on lan to work? I've tried several different things with no luck. I have it enabled in energy saving preferences, but still no luck. Any time it's asleep I cannot wake it up with other computers or with apps on my iPhone such as team viewer, or even the Wake on Lan app. I've done a lot of searching and it seems others have the same problem. Some have found solutions, most have not. I've tried the various solutions but none have worked for me. I really want to be able to let the computer sleep as it uses much less power than when it is only idling. It is a late 2012 iMac running the latest version of Mavericks. I am on wifi, although I have also attempted to test this with ethernet as well with no luck. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

 

[AppleFan360]

I use an app called Wake Up. Works well for me. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wakeup-the-wake-on-lan-wol-tool/id484226812?mt=8

 

[rrl]

Or maybe try:

sudo pmset -a womp 1

 

[MacOG728893]

Or maybe try:

sudo pmset -a womp 1

What does this do?

 

[rrl]

What does this do?

Sets wake on magic packet to true. That's how wake on lan works, a targeted magic packet is sent by one device, and if the target computer is listening, interested and sleeping, it wakes.

 

[bluestarCVO]

Thanks for the help!

 

[MacOG728893]

Sets wake on magic packet to true. That's how wake on lan works, a targeted magic packet is sent by one device, and if the target computer is listening, interested and sleeping, it wakes.

How would one get those packets sent over to the desired machine?

 

[rrl]

http://braeutigamcommunications.blogspot.com/2013/02/send-wake-on-lan-magic-packet-per-bash.html?m=1

Something like the above.

 

[jeanjeudi]

Wake on Lan

Is it possible to use wake on lan to wake up a switched off computer? Or is this only possible from a "sleeping" computer?
Is there any workaround known to make it possible to wake up my switched off computer?
Thanks!

 

[rrl]

No, you can't use WOL for that. You would need additional electronics that connect to the power switch header on the motherboard. So, it's possible, but it's nontrivial.