[Q] Wake on LAN on Mac mini

[hiroysato]

Hello members.


I have some mac minis (Late 2011).


I would like to ask the following.


Mac mini does not support Wake on LAN from power down state.
(ex. https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3513895?start=0&tstart=0)
Does anyone knows this is hardware dependent or os dependent?


For example, If I change some register in PCI or NVRAM value
via Linux, Windows or OSX. Can I boot mac mini with WOL?


I have many mac mini and would like to wake up it from power down status.


I tried this, unfortunately, I can't power up with WOL packet.
http://smackerelofopinion.blogspot.jp/2011/09/mac-mini-rebooting-tweaks-setpci-s-01f0.html


Alternative idea is always welcome.


Thank you for your advice.

--
Hiroyuki Sato

 

[miramar]

Hi Hiro,

No, there's no way to WOL a Macmini from a power-off state. I think only the MacPros and Xserve can do that if it has LOM. However WOL works just fine on my hackintosh.

 

[hiroysato]

Hello miramar

Thank you for your information.