WOL not working

[jmarmo]

Since upgrading to the beta Wake On LAN is no longer working. Any suggestions?

[jmarmo]

Can you add a variable for Subnet Mask, like {Mask}? It would definitely be a useful variable for more than just this issue.

[Hemoco]

jmarmo wrote:
Can you add a variable for Subnet Mask, like {Mask}? It would definitely be a useful variable for more than just this issue.

If you use poweroff.exe you don't need to specify the subnetmask.

[Hemoco]

There is no existing variable for subnetmask.

How Lansweeper wake on lan works:
If you have the enterprise version, the WOL command is sent from scan server (the one that scanned the asset)

There are 2 WOL methods tried by the service:
1)Normal wol.exe method which only works in the local subnet
2)“Poweroff.exe” method which works across subnets, see http://users.telenet.be/jbosman/poweroff/poweroff.htm

[jmarmo]

I'm trying wolcmd. Is {mask} the environment variable for Subnet mask? I can't seem to find the environment variable list in the manual.

[Hemoco]

Most likely you are referring to poweroff.exe?

The same technique is used by the lansweeper service.
If you can wake up a different subnet with poweroff.exe it should also work from the lansweeper service.

This link might also help: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps5023/products_configuration_example09186a008084b55c.shtml

[jmarmo]

Doesn't WOL.exe only work within the subnet you are running it from? I found another utility but can't find the Lansweeper variable for MAC address. I tried {mac} but that didn't seem to work.

[jmarmo]

Doesn't WOL.exe only work within the subnet you are running it from?

[Hemoco]

As a workaround you can use a custom action that runs wol.exe with {mac} parameter

[jmarmo]

In our case the server can't be in the same subnet as our 20 locations. Why the change? It worked flawlessly before. Is there a workaround or a way to change a config file to revert back to the previous method. This is terrible for larger environments with many subnets. If this change was made to be able to multi WOL, I am willing to give that up if I can change it.