Step-by-step instructions on how to get PCH A100 to wake the GBPVR PC?

[soccerdad]

The problem is the solution is simple when you you know what your doing

1 - copy ether-wake into the folder that has mvpmcx2
2 - before the "killall gaya" line in npvr.cgi add the following line (using your NextPVR server's MAC address not zeroes) with a linux editor.

/etc/mvpmc/ether-wake 00:00:00:00:00

I like martin123's option of adding --em-wolwt 45 in smartmeup

Martin

I have tried this suggestion and it is not waking my server. I have MagicWake on my laptop and can confirm that it will wake the server, so it seems that the PCH is not sending the packet.

I was not sure which of the 3 files for ether-wake to use, so I have all 3 in the mvpmc folder on the USB drive. I started with just the ether-wake one but it just sat there a while and then returned to the "start" menu on the PCH. With all 3 it does the same, just faster.

I did not add the --em-wolwt 45 in smartmeup because I was unclear on where to put it.

[mvallevand]

I have tried this suggestion and it is not waking my server. I have MagicWake on my laptop and can confirm that it will wake the server, so it seems that the PCH is not sending the packet.

Sorry, but I just did a test with Wireshark and confirmed that ether-wake does send a WOL Magic packet to the specified MAC address. Can you telnet to your PCH and run /etc/mvpmc/ether-wake from the command line?

I did not add the --em-wolwt 45 in smartmeup because I was unclear on where to put it.

It increases the default search time if it takes longer than the default 30 seconds for your PC to boot and start an MVP server.

Martin

[Jaggy]

I added it to startmeup but don't know if it's all working yet as he can't test until he is back with his setup (again multi-server setup)

Code:

/etc/mvpmc/mvpmcx2 --em-wolwt 45 --emulate 192.168.0.150 &

[mvallevand]

Assuming that server IP isn't your MVP server's, if it takes 45 seconds (and not 30s) to load and return to the NMT menu it is working. Note 45 is very arbitrary, you might want to time it when you are doing the install.

Martin

[Jaggy]

Huh?? I posted that message as an example for soccerdad of how I thought it should be implemented, I wasn't asking for support for it not working (I don't know iof it is or isn't yet) <grin> but your message has confirmed that I did do it right (or at least it should work the way I did it <bigger grin>)

[mvallevand]

I was simply suggesting how you could tell if the change in startmeup was working. You said you couldn't test on your setup but you can.

Martin

[soccerdad]

Sorry, but I just did a test with Wireshark and confirmed that ether-wake does send a WOL Magic packet to the specified MAC address. Can you telnet to your PCH and run /etc/mvpmc/ether-wake from the command line?


Martin

I did not mean that your ether-wake code does not work, it just is not working on my machine, most certainly due to my fault.

I have never used telnet before. From the survival guide it looks like I should launch telnet.html at the PCH, but I don't have that in my mvpmc folder. Is this something native in the PCH? Where do I find it?

[mvallevand]

A telnet server is installed by default with mvpmcx2. To start the client from the Window Run command type

telnet ip_of_pch

Martin

[soccerdad]

from my server, I just get a telnet not found widows error.

[soccerdad]

on an older alternate server (xp) I was able to run the command, but it gives me could not connect to host on port 23. I killed my firewall and still get that error. I can ping the PCH from both servers. I get the same error if I use "telnet 192.168.1.116" (the ip of the pch)