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What is this?
A plugin to allow MP2 Clients to wake the MP2 Server machine automatically when a client starts/resumes from standby. Pending user feedback and testing it's planned to include this plugin in a future MP2 release.
What are the prerequisites?
How do I configure it?
Configuration should be fully automatic, all that is required is that the client and server are connected at least once after the plugin has been installed, i.e.
After installation and the configuration steps above have been completed, ensure that the client wakes the server from sleep/standby appropriately and that no other issues are present. Particular testing is needed in IPv6 network environments and ensuring that clients are automatically configured correctly.
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A plugin to allow MP2 Clients to wake the MP2 Server machine automatically when a client starts/resumes from standby. Pending user feedback and testing it's planned to include this plugin in a future MP2 release.
What are the prerequisites?
- You must be running the latest available version of MP2 (MP2.1 Pre-Release)
- The computer running the server must be able to be woken by WakeOnLan (WOL), this may require adjusting your network adapter settings and/or bios settings.
- The client must be located on a different computer to the server, the plugin deliberately has no effect if the client and server are located on the same computer
- Close the client
- Download and extract the attached WakeOnLanPlugin.zip
- Copy the extracted WakeOnLan.Client directory to the plugins directory of the client(s) (C:\Program Files (x86)\Team MediaPortal\MP2-Client\Plugins)
- Restart the client(s)
How do I configure it?
Configuration should be fully automatic, all that is required is that the client and server are connected at least once after the plugin has been installed, i.e.
- Start the client and server and ensure they are attached/connected. Wait a few seconds for the settings to sync ("WakeOnLanClient: Updating server hardware address for IP address..." should be logged by the client)
- Client should now wake the server during startup and when resuming if the server is asleep
After installation and the configuration steps above have been completed, ensure that the client wakes the server from sleep/standby appropriately and that no other issues are present. Particular testing is needed in IPv6 network environments and ensuring that clients are automatically configured correctly.
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JIRA
- Remove server plugin, clients can now directly resolve the server hardware address
- Wait for the network connection to become available before sending the WOL packet, default timeout is 20 seconds.
- Fix choosing incorrect entry from IPNET table
- Send WOL packet on all available interfaces
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