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Wake on LAN (WOL) over wireless card

X200/X201/X220 (including equivalent tablet models) and X300/X301 Series
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Wake on LAN (WOL) over wireless card

#1 Post by 28CarsLater » Fri Jun 01, 2018 7:00 pm

Hi, is Wake on LAN (WOL) even possible over a wireless card? Another thought I had, does such a device exist which interfaces with the NIC but functions over wireless as that should work. I have an X300 with a busted screen I want to repurpose, but in general I am curious about this. Thanks in advance.
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Re: Wake on LAN (WOL) over wireless card

#2 Post by dr_st » Sat Jun 02, 2018 1:11 am

It is possible with Windows, at least, and has been for some time:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/window ... reless-lan

The wake feature is implemented on the OS level, not BIOS level, so it may not work globally in all environments.

I think that at least Intel's latest WiFi adapters implement this, but I don't have the details.
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Re: Wake on LAN (WOL) over wireless card

#3 Post by 28CarsLater » Tue Jun 05, 2018 10:19 pm

Thanks.
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