Wake On Lan

[mvallevand]

Anyway this was a great improvement! Would it be possible to get the same behaviour after using the power on/off with the remote?

Oscar to confirm what I think is wrong, could you try the following after successfully starting emulation mode but before trying a power off/on test.

1. enter you mvpmc's ip into your browser
2. click save to save the configuration (you don't have to actually change anything).

Thanks.

Martin

[OscarL]

Sorry,
Same behaviour. That is; ok after exit emulation mode with Go-Back. Fails when power on/off.
Oscar

[OscarL]

I think I was to quick, made some more tests, only with conwt (need to go to work, will test more tonight).
Anyway If server is on the behaviour is now

1. Ping
   
2. WOL
   
3. Waiting for server
   
4. Starts OK

WIth server standby it is:

1. Ping
   
2. No respons
   
3. WOL
   
4. Attempt 1(10)
   
5. Attempt 2(10)
   
6. ..
   
7. Fails (most of the time, sometimes Waiting for server and then OK)
   

So it seems as if the Save in the web interface did some change.

/Oscar

[mvallevand]

I think I was to quick, made some more tests, only with conwt (need to go to work, will test more tonight).
Anyway If server is on the behaviour is now

1. Ping
   
2. WOL
   
3. Waiting for server
   
4. Starts OK

WIth server standby it is:

1. Ping
   
2. No respons

Thanks again Oscar. A couple of points

- you only have to save from the browser once after a dongle load if that helps.

- I also noticed that your box may not respond to pings while in shutdown mode. If you confirm this that will make things even easier.

Martin

[OscarL]

Martin,
Yes, my server does not seem to respond to pings when in standby.
So for me an ideal situation would be.

Ping
If respons
normal startup of emulation
If no respons
WOL
Wait xx seconds for startup
normal startup of emulation.

Thanks again
Oscar

[mvallevand]

Martin,
Yes, my server does not seem to respond to pings when in standby.
So for me an ideal situation would be.

I've updated the alpha to use the ping and any remote key will stop the loops.

Martin

[OscarL]

I only had time to do some limited testing but I am sorry to say that it seems to be some kind of sequence error when the server is in standby.
I get the following messages when entering emulation mode
Pinging
Sending WOL
No reply (or similar)
and then it exits back to main menu.

Is that correct?

/Oscar

[mvallevand]

I only had time to do some limited testing but I am sorry to say that it seems to be some kind of sequence error when the server is in standby.
I get the following messages when entering emulation mode
Pinging
Sending WOL
No reply (or similar)
and then it exits back to main menu.

Is that correct?

It was correct the message was likely Not Found because I was timing out out of a second ping check too early. This has been updated for the next time you look. Sorry about that.

Martin

[OscarL]

Sorry!
Now if the server is in standby I get
Pinging
Sending WOL

It then sits there with that message (sending WOL) forever (at least more than 1 min)
If I restart the MVP it will then start OK. I guess because the WOL woke it up and then it responds to the ping etc.
/Oscar

[mvallevand]

Sorry!
Now if the server is in standby I get
Pinging
Sending WOL

It then sits there with that message (sending WOL) forever (at least more than 1 min)
If I restart the MVP it will then start OK. I guess because the WOL woke it up and then it responds to the ping etc.
/Oscar

I think the logic is supposed to try to ping every 5 seconds for a couple of minutes but I will check. You should also be able to hit any remote key to break the loop at any time, if you feel it has gone on too long.

Also I'm not sure if I told you there should be no need to save in the browser, the WOL information will survive power off (but not reboot).

Edit: OK, I had a look and there was a problem with pressing the remote with the --startup option because of general mvpmc issues, but I have created a workaround. Also the latest alpha has better visual display for the ping and the wait timers so you should be able to tell exactly where you are in the process.

Martin

Martin