![]() ![]() ![]() Oh, and don't forget to throw "sleep 60" after the wakeup script, so that you give your mac(s) time to get out of bed before you try getting in and doing your thing. S.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET,socket.SO_BROADCAST,True)īy the way, highly important the point Yoda made is for young apprentice Jedis, better nothing is than GUI.īut listen well, Anakin - when you are not in the office or just can't be bothered to manually back up every night (no matter how nice the GUI is for waking up the remote computer), copy the python code into a file, make it executable, and have your shell script execute it before it runs the backup commands (rsync over ssh, anyone?) One datum of note: For your python script to run on a Linux system (and I assume Unix as well) you need to add the following line just after you declare the s variable: ![]() I wasn't in the office, working over a VPN - very happy when ssh finally got through. Thanks a lot for the data - I am a sysadmin and I really needed to wake my macs up to run backups. ![]() S=socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM) Here is a Python script that does this (if your MAC address is 01-23-45-67-89-0a: #!/usr/bin/env python Click the Advanced tab, locate Wake on magic packet in the list, and enable it. The easiest way to do this is to send a broadcast. Open the Windows Device Manager, locate your network device in the list, right-click it, and select Properties. The magic packet format is very simple: it must include anywhere in the packet 6 times hexadecimal FF, followed by 16 times the Mac's MAC address (pun intended). I use this feature to turn on my iMac from my office when I want to log on using ssh (I have a Solaris machine on my home LAN that runs 24/7). I haven't found any trace of this documented on Apple's web site, but it seems Macs also implement this feature (at least my iMac G4 does). This is used, for instance, to allow backup programs to run at night. This is designed to allow a network administrator to turn on a computer remotely, even when it is turned off, by sending a "magic packet". If the IP address of your Velocity Gateway ETH port 1 is 192.168.41.68, and this is where the display is connected, you will put this IP address in the Local Address field as seen in the example above.Most modern computers offer a feature called "Wake on LAN". Note: If you have both ETH ports on the Velocity Gateway connected, you will need to use the Local Address field. This macro will turn on a computer with the MAC address of 00:1E:06:34:E1:EE when the room is turned on. Use XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX format for your Velocity macro MAC Address as shown: (There might also be an eco setting that needs to be disabled in order to keep the LAN port active.) If you notice this behavior, we would recommend you contact the display manufacturer and confirm whether or not a WoL command is needed. It might take a minute or two for the display to show as disconnected. One way to recognize that a WoL command might be needed is if you notice the device card for the projector shows disconnected after sending the Power Off command. These packets must contain the MAC address for the device to wake. Wake-on-LAN uses "Magic Packets" broadcast over a network. However, waking from sleep mode is generally the most reliable. Depending on your equipment manufacturer, WoL can also power on some devices which are fully off. For instance, waking up a conference room computer when the room is turned on or a TV that goes into low power mode after being turned off. Wake-on-LAN is useful for waking up devices that are in a sleep or low power state. This guide provides helpful tips for using the WoL Velocity feature. Summary: Using the Wake-on-LAN (WoL) Velocity Macro. ![]()
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