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gwaitsi
Nov 17, 2020Guide
GS108Tv3 how to wake up pfsense router
I have a GS108Tv3 connected in a lagg config to my J1900 pfsense firewall. The firewall is connected to a dumb UPS that shuts down on a timer. This means, the device could shutdown, but power get res...
schumaku
Nov 19, 2020Guru - Experienced User
Under what conditions would you expect e.g. the switch (which won't do this on it's own - what for?) the router should be wake'd up from the network?
The typical use for WoL is that if you have some sleeping devices which need to connect or to be connected to get up some service active again. One could think about a computer or a IoT on your LAN in seek for Internet access (or LAN services) sending some magic packets. This is not something a switch does on it's own....
- gwaitsiNov 19, 2020Guide
hi,
- so the pc intel J1900 4 lan port (pfsense box) has a dumb ups which shuts down based on a timer.
- if power is restored before the battery runs out, the pc never knows that it lost power but is shutdown
- i want to have network activity from the switch (preferably) or the nas box (truenas) trigger the pfsense box to come back to life.
- schumakuNov 20, 2020Guru - Experienced User
The idea is to get some WoL from the devices connected to the firewall (sleeping) when the power does return? The switch can't do this - check the NAS.
- gwaitsiJan 12, 2021Guide
The pfsense box is a Quotom J1900 4x LAN headless device.
I use two ports in a LAGG config to the GS108v3.
The other two ports go to a cable modem and fibre modem (future)
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