Can you Remote Desktop to a computer that is turned off?
To set up your College Linux machine for Wake my PC, follow these steps:
- Open a terminal window and switch to root.
- Run:
ethtool $NIC
# ethtool eth0
Settings for eth0:
Supported ports: [ TP MII ]
Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
&nbs p; 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
Advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
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Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
Speed: 10Mb/s
Duplex: Half
Port: MII
PHYAD: 1
Transceiver: internal
Auto-negotiation: on
Supports Wake-on: g
Wake-on: d
Current message level: 0x00000007 (7)
The
Wake-on:
setting should be "g" - if it is not, run
ethtool -s $NIC wol g
Your computer is now configured for you to wake it up remotely using Remote Desktop Gateway.