WOL not working with two NIC’s

wake-on-lanwindows-server-2008

We have recently moved from a windows 2003 server to an 08 R2. Running the program from the command line says that the magic packet has successfully been sent but it never actually reached the destination computer.

We have two NIC's on the server. If I disable the NIC that isn't (currently) in use, WOL will work fine, but in the future we will need to use both NIC's.

Also, we use MAC Addresses for WOL.

Best Answer

Are you waking the server, or using the server to wake other devices?

If you're trying to send wakeup frames from the server, it may be sending them out the wrong NIC. Depending on the utility you're using to send the WoL packet, you should be able to specify the subnet where you want it to go.

Alternatively, you can change the NIC binding order, and put the interface you want to send wakeup frames from at the top. Instructions here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd391967%28v=ws.10%29.aspx

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