#Bios remote wake up mac#
Check to make sure the IP addresses are accurate, and more importantly, that the proper MAC hardware address is detected and used.Be sure the iPhone (or other iOS device) is connected to the same wi-fi network as the Mac.Double-check that the Mac and version of OS X supports Wake On LAN and it’s enabled (older machines and versions do not).If you’re having troubles with setting this up or getting it working, you can try a few different things: This is great for situations like upon arriving at home your Mac can be awake and waiting for you when you walk in the door, or for waking up a distant computer for an SSH connection, or for waking up your work computer when you step into the office door or, assuming wifi goes far enough, when you’re in the parking lot. Now that it’s configured and confirmed to be working, you can remotely wake up the sleeping Mac using just the Fing app on the iPhone, so long as you are on the same wi-fi network. Instead, the display typically stays black, but the hardware is awake and active, able to receive network connections, pings, and whatever else you want to do with the machine. The reason being, using the WOL protocol to wake a Mac this way does not necessarily wake the devices display to the standard locked login screen which greets a Mac user if they were to hit a sleeping Macs spacebar. This is easiest to test if you have another machine or device that you can run ping from to detect the WOL Mac has been woken up by network access, but it’s not necessary. Now open the Fing app on the iPhone, locate the “Wake On LAN Home” (or whatever you called it) machine that you configured in the second set of steps, and choose “Wake On Lan” again – this time the sleeping Mac will be woken up.On the Mac, pull down the Apple menu and choose “Sleep” as usual, give the machine a minute or so to make certain it’s actually sleeping, or watch for the pulsating indicator light if the Mac has one.With everything configured, doing a quick test to confirm WOL is working is simple: Wake the Sleeping Mac with WOL from the iPhone You should be good to go now, so let’s test it out and make sure everything works. Scroll down and tap on “Wake On Lan” (yes do this even though the Mac is not yet asleep) – now the Mac should be saved in the list based on the hardwares MAC address, even if the IP address changes.Select the Mac based on IP address, and give it a name, like “Wake On LAN Home”.Join the same wi-fi network as the Mac, then run Fing and tap the refresh button to scan the network and locate the Mac you want to wake up.
#Bios remote wake up download#
Download an iOS app with WOL (Wake On LAN) support – Fing is multi-use and free which is what we’ll cover here (we like it for other uses too), but Mocha WOL is also free and does the job, or you can use a paid app like NetStatus.
#Bios remote wake up android#
Now you’ll want to preconfigure the iOS app (or Android app, more on that below) to have the Macs network information on hand, allowing for the remote wake trick to be used: Second: Configure the iPhone App for Waking the Mac
It is also possible to get the Mac’s IP address from the Sharing control panel or command line, you will need this to match the ID of the Mac in question when you’re setting up WOL from iOS in a moment. If you don’t see the “Wake for network access” option in the Energy Saver control panel, the Mac probably does not support the feature.
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