WOL via Wireless Connection

[lousk]

I have the DS-213+ and so far the WOL works fine as long as it's connected hardwired to the ASUS RT-N66U router. However I would rather have it wireless, but I was wondering if the WOL would work using WI-FI instead, via an ASUS USB-N53 network adapter - is it possible?

So far whatever I tried didn't work.

Please help... thanks!

 

[stevech]

The little I know...
Wake On LAN is wired only - because the ethernet NIC card/chip is left partially powered on when the PC is off/hibernating. A WOL 802.3 packet arrives, the NIC sees it, and uses some control lines on the data bus of the PC to signal power supply to turn on DC that the CPU needs, to run the startup.

This page
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake-on-LAN
and
http://revolutionwifi.blogspot.com/2010/11/wake-on-wireless-lan.html
has a section on a WiFi Wakeup "standard". See the section:
Configuration of the workstation's wireless adapter is required in order to allow the adapter to wake the system from a standby or low-power state. This is accomplished on Windows machines through the adapter properties dialog:
...

I suspect this presumes use of a PCI bus WiFi card rather than USB, or the more modern/common, post-PCI serial bus.

 

[lousk]

The little I know...
Wake On LAN is wired only - because the ethernet NIC card/chip is left partially powered on when the PC is off/hibernating. A WOL 802.3 packet arrives, the NIC sees it, and uses some control lines on the data bus of the PC to signal power supply to turn on DC that the CPU needs, to run the startup.

This page
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake-on-LAN
and
http://revolutionwifi.blogspot.com/2010/11/wake-on-wireless-lan.html
has a section on a WiFi Wakeup "standard". See the section:
Configuration of the workstation's wireless adapter is required in order to allow the adapter to wake the system from a standby or low-power state. This is accomplished on Windows machines through the adapter properties dialog:
...

I suspect this presumes use of a PCI bus WiFi card rather than USB, or the more modern/common, post-PCI serial bus.

In a lot of ways it does make sense. So I'm guessing that would also apply with all of the notebooks if they're being used via wiFi and all of the USB WiFi sticks.

But isn't there a difference between devices that they're actually shutdown / turned off vs. hibernated / sleep mode?

Thank you so much for sharing your insight.

 

[lousk]

How about if I would buy the DS213Air, would I still be unable to use WOL, without using LAN cable?

 

[stevech]

213Air ... a NAS with its primary connectivity being WiFi?
Unusual.. most people want a NAS to have wire speeds for wired PCs, and only the WiFi client/users endure the slower WiFi speeds.

But if the NAS has no wired 802.3 ethernet connection, methinks you have the Wireless Wake On LAN issues. Unless you google/geek it out as to how to send the "magic" packet at the MAC layer within the subnet, via WiFi.

My NAS just sleeps from 1AM to 7AM daily, per the built-in timer.

 

[PrivateJoker]

I'm sure if its a wireless NAS it goes into a powersave mode that still allows it to be woken up.

I can send WOL commands from my iPhone to both wired & wireless devices all day long. Here's me waking up my sleeping macbook.