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    [ESXi 5.5.0] WOL not working to VM's or across VLAN's

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      pf123user
      last edited by

      As the title says…

      Is this a firewall rules issue I have been overlooking? The machines are all added to Services >> WOL and the correct MAC addresses and corresponding IP addresses are listed in the ARP table.

      Any help would be appreciated.

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        kejianshi
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        I think Wake On Lan (WOL) is abit of a mess in 2.2

        I initially blow off the "malfunction" reports until I see them either in volume or see them myself.

        In this case I've seen both.  Lots of people reported WOL broken and I have a system showing the same issue.

        It used to reliably wake any computer on the lan in 2.15 but 2.2 wakes nothing.

        (Full install / 64 bit.  Intel NICs pfsense 2.2)

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          doktornotor Banned
          last edited by

          https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/4318

          If you have something different, file a bug.

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            kejianshi
            last edited by

            I will double and triple check it again before I do.  But yeah - seems busted right now.

            (Strange - reboot and its working now)

            My apinger is still all over the place, but the WOL seems to be working for now again.

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              craymore
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              I first noticed it after the 2.2 upgrade : WOL wasn't working anymore with any of the usual targets  :-\

              I use a WOL standalone client just to check that it wasn't anything in the network backbone that was messing up with the magic packets, but it worked fine.

              I hope the WOL feature will be fixed for the next release  :)

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