Wake On LAN - works only from sleep, not from power off

Question

_{Thursday, March 1, 2018 9:09 PM}

I'm trying to get WOL functionality working on my Windows 10 PC. It works from sleep mode but not from a power off state. Here’s my setup:

• Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
• ASRock H97M Pro 4 motherboard
• Intel Core i3 4130T CPU
• 8 GB DDR RAM
• AMD Radeon HD 7700 GPU
• Netgear R7000 Nighthawk Router with a wired ethernet connection to the PC

I’ve been using Mocha WOL on my iPhone to send the magic packets, which works from sleep but not from power off.  I’ve updated the BIOS, chipset drivers and NIC drivers, then disabled hibernation and enabled WOL in the BIOS. Then in Windows 10 I’ve enabled WOL in the NIC properties.

It’s annoying because before I upgraded to Win 10 WOL worked great, but any ideas what I can try now to make it work from a power off state?

Cheers

Simon

All replies (2)

_{Monday, March 5, 2018 7:42 AM}

Hi Simon, 

I noticed you said wake on LAN works well before upgrade to Windows 10. What's the windows version before upgrade to Windows 10?

Wake on LAN is supported only from sleep (S3) or hibernation (S4) states in Windows 8, 8.1 and Windows 10. However, in Windows 7, waking from shut down(S5) is possible on some systems if enough residual power is supplied to the network adapter.  

For more information, please go to: "Wake on LAN" (WOL) behavior in Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10

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Bests,

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_{Friday, March 30, 2018 9:56 AM}

Hi,

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