Unable to get Wake On Lan over WiFi working on my ThinkPad

[downloaderfan]

Hi All,

 

I'm trying to get my thinkpad to wake up from sleep using Wake On Lan over WiFi. It works when connected to ethernet cable, but not over wifi. I looked left & right on the internet and ensured every setting required for this is enabled.

 

Laptop : Lenovo ThinkPad E490 i7 version

Driver : Intel(R) Wireless-AC 9260 160MHz

 

1) WOL enabled in BIOS

In driver properties:

2) Wake on magic packet : Enabled

3) Wake on pattern match : Enabled

4) Allow this device to wake the computer : Checked

In CMD,

Added the driver to list of devices that can wake the computer. Command for listing : powercfg -devicequery wake_armed

 

Using this android app to send the packet, it automatically scans the network and adds the device, so I don't have to manually enter IP & MAC address.

 

What am I missing here?

[Kilrah]

Check sleep state settings in BIOS?

 

 

Quote

Note	Not all devices support Wireless Wake-on-LAN. Devices that do support Wireless Wake-on-LAN only support wake from system sleep states S3 or S4.

 

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000027615/intel-nuc.html

[downloaderfan]

15 minutes ago, Kilrah said:

Check sleep state settings in BIOS?

 

 

 

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000027615/intel-nuc.html

 

I booted into BIOS and went though all settings once again. No such option for any sleep state. The page you linked says wake from S3 state supported, which is what I'm trying as I am putting my laptop into sleep mode. I am seeing options for WoWLAN in driver settings, so I'm assuming it's supported by my device.

[Kilrah]

4 minutes ago, downloaderfan said:

I am seeing options for WoWLAN in driver settings, so I'm assuming it's supported by my device.

Doubt that's a sure way of knowing, the card and its driver might support it but if the BIOS doesn't keep it powered in sleep then you're SOL...

[downloaderfan]

11 minutes ago, Kilrah said:

Doubt that's a sure way of knowing, the card and its driver might support it but if the BIOS doesn't keep it powered in sleep then you're SOL...

Is there a way to know whether the motherboard is keeping the wifi adapter On during sleep state?

[Kilrah]

No idea...

[DJ46]

Perhaps you could check the list of devices connected to your network.

Make sure it shows up, change the state to sleep and wait to see whether it disappears.

[downloaderfan]

25 minutes ago, DJ46 said:

Perhaps you could check the list of devices connected to your network.

Make sure it shows up, change the state to sleep and wait to see whether it disappears.

The Wake On LAN android app that I've linked in the initial post does display whether the remote device is online or not. As soon as I put my laptop to sleep, it goes offline.  

 

Well, I tried but seems it WOL over WiFi can't be done on my laptop so I'll keep the ethernet wire plugged in from here onwards.

 

Thanks.