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Sending a Magic Packet, Testing a Link Change WOL PC, Setting Up Your EtherFast LAN Card for Wake-On

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Linksys EtherFast® Series Setting Up Your EtherFast LAN Card for Wake-On- Note: The location of each LAN Use motherboard's WOL connection will vary from PC to PC. Consult your PC's documenta- 1. Turn off your PC and remove the power cable tion if you can't find it. from the wall. Use the picture below to locate where the WOL wire plugs into your EtherFast LAN Card. 2. Connect one end of the 3-pin Wake-On-LAN wire to the EtherFast LAN Card. 3. If your EtherFast LAN card isn't plugged into your motherboard, slide it in now. 4. Connect the loose end of the WOL wire into the WOL plug on your PC's motherboard. (Check your motherboard's documentation for proper WOL wire installation.) 10/100 Network In a Box Sending a Magic Packet In order to use WOL you need to know the MAC address of the card you wish to "wake". If you don't know the MAC address of the PC you are on, turn to page 48 to learn how to run the EtherFast Card's diagnostic program. 1. Turn off the PC on which you want to test the WOL feature. Go to another PC on the network and log in. 2. Go to an MS-DOS prompt. Run the diagnostics program (page 48). Press Enter to begin the test. 3. When the test is complete, press F3 and select Send an ACPI Packet. 4. Press the M key. You will be asked for the destination of the magic packet. Enter the MAC address of the PC you want to "wake up" and press Enter. 5. Check to ensure that the PC has woken up. Note: The Diag program works only if both the PC sending the magic packet and the PC receiving the magic packet are installed with EtherFast 10/100 LAN (version 4) cards. Testing a Link Change WOL PC This test will see if your PC responds to a change in the network link state by waking up. Use a configured PC that is on an active network link. 1. Turn your PC off and disconnect it from the network either by turning off the hub or switch or by disconnecting the network cable form the LAN card. 2. Wait about ten seconds, then plug the cable back in or turn on the hub. The PC should wake up. A 62 63

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Sending a Magic Packet
In order to use WOL you need to know the MAC address of the card you
wish to “wake”. If you don’t know the MAC address of the PC you are on,
turn to page 48 to learn how to run the EtherFast Card’s diagnostic program.
1. Turn off the PC on which you want to test the WOL feature. Go to another
PC on the network and log in.
2. Go to an MS-DOS prompt. Run the diagnostics program (page 48). Press
Enter
to begin the test.
3. When the test is complete, press
F3
and select
Send
an ACPI Packet
.
4. Press the
M
key. You will be asked for the destina-
tion of the magic packet. Enter the MAC address of
the PC you want to “wake up” and press
Enter
.
5. Check to ensure that the PC has woken up.
Testing a Link Change WOL PC
This test will see if your PC responds to a change in the network link state by
waking up. Use a configured PC that is on an active network link.
1. Turn your PC off and disconnect it from the network either by turning off
the hub or switch or by disconnecting the network cable form the LAN
card.
2. Wait about ten seconds, then plug the cable back in or turn on the hub. The
PC should wake up.
A
Note:
The
Diag
pro-
gram works only if
both the PC sending
the magic packet and
the PC receiving the
magic packet are
installed with
EtherFast 10/100 LAN
(version 4) cards.
Setting Up Your EtherFast LAN Card for Wake-On-
LAN Use
1. Turn off your PC and remove the power cable
from the wall. Use the picture below to
locate where the WOL wire plugs into your EtherFast LAN Card.
2.
Connect one end of the 3-pin Wake-On-LAN wire to the EtherFast LAN
Card.
3.
If your EtherFast LAN card isn’t plugged into your motherboard, slide it
in now.
4.
Connect the loose end of the WOL wire into the WOLplug on your PC’s
motherboard. (Check your motherboard’s documentation for proper WOL
wire installation.)
Note:
The location of each
motherboard’s WOL connection
will vary from PC to PC.
Consult your PC’s documenta-
tion if you can’t find it.