WOL PFSENSE

orphen76

Hello everyone,
is it possible to start the pfsens via WOL?

I have 2 pfsense, both connected to the same wan (ISP), can I send a WOL packet from the first to the second (I send the MAC of the port of the second pfsense connected to the same isp of the first pfsense) passing through the common WAN interface?

Thanks for the support.

Regards

JKnott

@orphen76 said in WOL PFSENSE:

is it possible to start the pfsens via WOL?

That depends on the computer you're running on, not pfSense. Not all hardware supports WOL.

orphen76

@JKnott SO, I can not start a pfsene by wol, correct?

stephenw10

The fact it's running pfSense is not relevant. The hardware must support WoL. pfSense can be woken by WoL no problem.

The two devices must be in the same layer2 subnet so if you're using the WAN it depends what they are connected to upstream.

Steve

orphen76

@stephenw10 said in WOL PFSENSE:

The fact it's running pfSense is not relevant. The hardware must support WoL. pfSense can be woken by WoL no problem.

The two devices must be in the same layer2 subnet so if you're using the WAN it depends what they are connected to upstream.

Stev

OK.
work arround .
Change question,
Is it possible to schedule the pfsense to turn on and off?

stephenw10

You could power if off with a cron job.

Powering it on would be something the hardware/BIOS would need to support. Some BIOS types can do that.

JKnott

@orphen76 said in WOL PFSENSE:

@JKnott SO, I can not start a pfsene by wol, correct?

You start the computer pfSense runs on. WOL is a hardware function.

stephenw10

Technically firmware maybe?

JKnott

@stephenw10

It's still hardware. You can have all the firmware you want, but if the hardware won't do WOL then that firmware won't do much.

stephenw10

True, the NIC must still listen for packets in standby which is hardware.

w0w

Based on my own experience, Wake-on-LAN can be a great thing when it works, but there will always be a situation where this thing won't work under any circumstances, even with the manufacturer's assurances that it should. In my case, it ended with assembling and connecting a PiKVM to the power button, and as a result, I also got a full KVM over IP setup.