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#Iphone magic packet sender software
#Iphone magic packet sender mac

IP Address in the range of 192.150.23.xxx.If I sleep everything (including the ATV) then wake it up, both computers appear as available to stream, but when I click in to the Mini's library it fails to load.ДЄlso, the last time I checked, Wake on Demand was working over Wi-Fi, but I'd prefer to keep as many devices hard wired. One weird thing I've noticed is that if both computers are awake, the ATV shows both libraries as available to stream. If that computer is asleep, it will not wake up and the ATV can not stream it's library.

#Iphone magic packet sender mac

The main problem is with the Mac Mini, which, along with the ATV, is connected via a switch.

#Iphone magic packet sender pro

Again, the Mac Pro is connected directly to the router. If the Mac Pro is asleep, the ATV seems to be able to wake it on demand and stream it's library (after I added specific port forwarding rules to my router as suggested by Apple - details below). Everything is on the same subnet and has the same IP range, and everything is wired (not using Wi-Fi). The Mac Mini and ATV are connected to a switch, while the Mac Pro is connected directly to the router. The ATV finds and streams the libraries with no problems. I can Home Share between a Mac Mini, Mac Pro, and my AppleTV with no problems as long as the two computers are awake. Which means you can do it, but it takes some network finessing.If I have a router and a switch, is there anything I need to do to the switch to ensure a Wake on LAN signal (magic packet) can reach a device behind the switch? (The computer running the WakeOnLan program can be connected via WiFi the Ethernet limitation applies only to the sleeping computer.) In my experience, this hasnвЂ™t been a major issue-IвЂ™m usually trying to wake a sleeping desktop computer-but if you need to wake a laptop, youвЂ™ll want to connect an Ethernet cable to the laptop.ДЄlso, while Wake On LAN technology works great on a local network, itвЂ™s subject to the same limitations and obstacles as other remote connections when it comes to accessing computers over the Internet and behind routers and firewalls. Because Wake On LAN (the technology) depends on Ethernet hardware, you can use WakeOnLan (the program) to wake only those computers connected to your network via Ethernet-it canвЂ™t wake computers connected via WiFi. Now for the caveats, which arenвЂ™t really the fault of WakeOnLan. If youвЂ™re a Dashboard fan, WakeOnLan includes a widget that offers a subset of the programвЂ™s features for quick access. (For this feature to work, you must first enable Remote Login and Remote Apple Events in Sharing Preferences on the remote Mac.) WakeOnLanвЂ™s Dock menu lets you wake or sleep computers without having to switch to the program, and power users and network administrators will appreciate a number of more-technical options. The current version of WakeOnLan even lets you put Macs back to sleep when youвЂ™re done using them. You can also manually add computers and devices to the list and schedule wake-up events. For each device, you can also manually change the display name or type edit the MAC- and IP-address information and include informational notes.

If, like me, youвЂ™ve got a network with lots of devices, you can manually hide those you donвЂ™t want to appear in the display for example, AirPort Base Stations and Macs that connect only via wireless (more on the latter below). (On a Mac, you enable this feature by checking the вЂњWake for Ethernet network administrator accessвЂќ box in Energy Saver preferences.) If such a signal is detected, and it contains that computerвЂ™s MAC address, the computer wakes up. Explained briefly, the sleeping computerвЂ™s Ethernet port continually watches for a special network signal called-no joking-a Magic Packet. But what if I realize I need to access, over the network, some files stored on the sleeping Mac? It turns out thereвЂ™s a feature called Wake On LAN, supported by all recent Macs with an Ethernet port, that provides a mechanism for waking a computer thatвЂ™s in sleep mode. Why would you need this feature? To conserve energy, I sleep my desktop Mac whenever IвЂ™m not actively using it for example, if IвЂ™m in another room working on my laptop. This nifty utility lets you remotely вЂњwake upвЂќ sleeping computers.

#Iphone magic packet sender software

Every once in a while, I realize thereвЂ™s a great piece of inexpensive software IвЂ™ve never covered in Mac Gems, despite having used it for years.