Auto wake on lan

XBMC can automatically issue a 'wake-on-lan' packet to MySQL or a file sharing server right before it needs to contact them (if so configured).

Setting up
Feature is enabled under Settings → System → Power saving → Try to wake remote servers on access

When feature gets enabled or shares gets added an autoscan will be done for any servers specified, either in shares or in MySQL settings. The autoscan will if necessary create a file called 'wakeonlan.xml' and will add entries for these servers including macaddress which should be picked up in the scan.


 * Sample 'wakeonlan.xml'

Useful pingport/pingmode combinations

 * is used by samba (windows file sharing) and can be used for 'ping-probing' (but only pingmode = 0)
 * is default MySQL port and useful if your server is the MySQL host

port 21 (ftp), 22 (ssl), 23 (telnet) are also likely to work OK if your server has that service installed

When using pingport = 0 (normal icmp ping) it is recommended to use waitservices = (ca) 5 to allow services on server to startup after server responds to ping. If using a different pingport it is normally not nessesary to add additional wait time.