Hi.
It seems that version 8.10 introduced a new feature, or an error, which is disabling Wake On Lan on my server.
It was working fine in 8.04, using a init.d script. I have followed this guide without any luck: http://sethbc.org/2008/10/12/wake-on-lan-and-the-intrepid-ibex/
If I set the wol g feature, using ethtool direct, or using the script, the value changes from d to g. But Ubuntu seems to clear this setting again when closing.
Output from ethtool, after enabling wol:
Settings for eth0: Supported ports: [ TP MII ] Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full Supports auto-negotiation: Yes Advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes Speed: 100Mb/s Duplex: Full Port: MII PHYAD: 1 Transceiver: internal Auto-negotiation: on Supports Wake-on: pg Wake-on: g Current message level: 0x000000c5 (197) Link detected: yes
I have even tried using 3 other brands of networking cards without any luck.
Any help would be appreciated.
- Kim -
Update: (30 minutes later...)
After reading _this post_, I tried adding this line to the /etc/rc.local file: ethtool -s eth0 wol g
This seems to have done the trick. :D
It seems like overkill to have both the startup script, and the rc.local code, but I will just leave it there for now.
Hopefully this can help someone else.
- Kim -